1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pendleton, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 10, 1:30 PM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
230 PM PDT TUE APR 10 2001
SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE FORECAST AREA. A
STRONG SHORTWAVE HAS DROPPED SOUTHWARD ALONG THE WASHINGTON COAST.
THE UPPER LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SHORTWAVE WILL DEEPEN OVER THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT. THIS LOW WILL DRAW IN COLDER AIR FROM
THE NORTH WHICH WILL LOWER SNOW LEVELS CONSIDERABLY OVERNIGHT. DUE
TO SIGNIFICANT LIFT...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVER THE
MOUNTAINS. EVEN THE BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS WILL SEE MODERATE SNOW
TONIGHT WITH SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO 1500 FEET. ALTHOUGH SNOW WILL
TAPER OFF OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY
MORNING...THE EASTERN PORTION WILL CONTINUE TO SEE WRAP-AROUND
MOISTURE THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. HAVE UPGRADED THE SNOW
ADVISORY OVER THE BLUES AND THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY TO A HEAVY SNOW
WARNING.
BELIEVE MODELS ARE OPENING THE LOW TOO FAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THEREFORE...WILL KEEP SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE EASTERN
MOUNTAINS IN THE 3RD PERIOD WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW ALONG THE BLUE
MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS. THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL SEE
DECREASING CLOUDS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A WEAK COLD FRONT IS PROGGED TO
APPROACH THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH 20-30 PCT CHANCE
IN THE 4TH PERIOD. SMITH
IN THE EXTENDED...MODELS CONTINUE TO INCREASE LIKELIHOOD OF A DRIER
AND WARMER FORECAST BEYOND FRIDAY. STILL HESITANT TO JUMP ON THIS
AS ACTUAL TRENDS HAVE BEEN TO KEEP COOL AND DAMP WEATHER OVER THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST. FOR NOW WILL COMPROMISE AND INDICATE A GRADUALLY
DRIER AND WARMER FORECAST TREND THIS PACKAGE. THUS WILL GO WITH
LINGERING...THOUGH DECREASING...CHANCES OF SHOWERS THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...THEN SHIFT TO DRY AND WARM FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. GKH
PDT +832 ALW +832 PSC 8512 YKM 7502
.KPDT...WSR-88D...VCP32/CSR21...OPERATIONAL.
.KPDT...HEAVY SNOW WARNING TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY OR ZONE 46-48-49-50
AND WA ZONE 30...
...SNOW ADVISORY FOR OR ZONE 42-43-45-47 AND WA ZONE 29
LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY...1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
A late season snow storm brought heavy snow overnight to elevations above 3500 feet in the mountains of Grant County. Austin, at an elevation of 4500 feet, received 8 inches of wet snow that downed several nearby power lines. Prairie City, with an elevation of 3600 feet, received 7 inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, April 2001
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: 5240410.