Heavy Snow in Oregon, November 8 to 9, 2000

Name: Heavy Snow in Oregon, November 8 to 9, 2000
Start: 2000-11-08T06:00
End: 2000-11-09T03:00
Location: Oregon

November 8 to 9, 2000 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $100,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Blue Mountains

When: November 8, 6:00 AM PST to November 9, 3:00 AM PST
Where: Blue Mountains forecast zone
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

The first major winter storm of the season hit the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon and Washington. Tollgate, at an elevation of 5100 feet, received the most snow in the region with 20 inches. A location just west of Tollgate at a lower elevation of 4000 ft, received 16 inches. Meacham Lake, located at 4000 feet where Interstate Highway 84 crosses the mountains, received 15 inches. This closed the highway for four hours in the afternoon of the 8th as several accidents damaged 10 vehicles, including 3 tractor-trailer trucks. Ladd Canyon, located on the eastern side of the Blue Mountains, received 6 inches.

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

Every storm in Oregon in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Oregon, November 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: 5160875.