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Winter Storm in Lower Columbia Basin, Oregon
Winter Storm January 4, 1998 · Lower Columbia Basin, Oregon
What the National Weather Service wrote
A 49 year old man was killed around 4 pm Sunday near Shaniko. The car he was driving was hit by a pickup that lost control on the the icy road. The man's 10 year old daughter was taken to a hospital with facial injuries. The driver of the pickup was not injured. A winter storm left as much as three inches of snow in north central Oregon on Sunday, January 4.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5659983. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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