Heavy Snow, North Central Oregon
- When
- January 23, 11:00 AM PST to 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- North Central Oregon forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 23, 2000
Widespread snow fell in North Central Oregon, the Columbia Basin, and the foothills of the Blue Mountains during the afternoon and evening of the 23rd. Madras, at an elevation of 2300 ft, received the most snow of 7 inches.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PDT wrote it up.
Widespread snow fell in North Central Oregon, the Columbia Basin, and the foothills of the Blue Mountains during the afternoon and evening of the 23rd. Madras, at an elevation of 2300 ft, received the most snow of 7 inches. Hermiston, at 600 ft, received 4 inches. This storm closed schools in both Madras and Stanfield on the 24th.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Lower Columbia Basin
- When
- January 23, 11:00 AM PST to 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- Lower Columbia Basin forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.506, -119.160 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Kansas, January 23, 2000
- Hail in Louisiana, January 23, 2000
- Flood in California, January 23 to 24, 2000
- Flood in California, January 23 to 24, 2000
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 23, 2000
- Freezing Fog in New Jersey, January 23 to 24, 2000
- Ice Storm in Georgia, January 23, 2000
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 23 to 24, 2000
- Winter Weather in Missouri, January 23, 2000
- Winter Storm in Kansas, January 23, 2000
- Freezing Fog in Delaware, January 23 to 24, 2000
- Winter Storm in California, January 23 to 25, 2000
More
Every storm in Oregon in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, January 2000
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5131858, 5131859.