Heavy Snow, Northern Oregon Cascades
- When
- May 9, 6:00 PM PST to May 11, 10:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northern Oregon Cascades forecast zone
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Heavy Snow in Oregon, May 9 to 11, 2000
A late season surge of arctic air dropped snow levels in the Northern Oregon Coastal Mountains and Northern Oregon Cascades. In the Coast Range, Wilson reported 3 inches.
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 PQR wrote it up.
A late season surge of arctic air dropped snow levels in the Northern Oregon Coastal Mountains and Northern Oregon Cascades. In the Coast Range, Wilson reported 3 inches. In the Cascades, Timberline reported 27 inches, Mt Hood Meadows 17 inches, and Santiam Pass 14 inches. Mixed Rain and Snow was reported down to 2000 feet.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Coast Range of Nw Oregon
- When
- May 9, 6:00 PM PST to May 11, 10:00 PM PST
- Where
- Coast Range of Nw Oregon forecast zone
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
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.
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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: 5145157, 5145158.