Winter Storm — Upper Hood River Valley, Oregon

2021-02-11 to 2021-02-15 · Upper Hood River Valley, Oregon

Event narrative

A trained spotter measured 14 inches of snow in Hood River. Certainly enough to verify a warning in the upper Hood River Valley, too.

Wider weather episode

This was a major, widespread, multi-faceted winter storm that caused major problems across the northern 2/3 of our forecast area, even (and especially) in the lowlands. Impacts were felt as far south as Albany. WFO Portland measured 10.1 of snow, followed by roughly 0.75 of ice. Significant impacts to infrastructure occurred, with over 400,000 people losing power at some point during the storm. The area impacted the hardest appears to be the southern portions of the Portland metro, south through Oregon City and Silverton and as far south as Salem and Aumsville. Polk County was hit hard by ice as well, with 1.00 to 1.75 of ice reported. Some people in these areas hard-hit by ice lost power for over a week.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 946318. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.