Winter Storm, Ne & Ec Shasta
- When
- December 7, 8:00 AM PST to December 8, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Ne & Ec Shasta forecast zone
Winter Storm in California, December 7 to 8, 1997
S. Route 50, and snowfall rates up to 3 inches/hour.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 STO wrote it up.
The first major winter storm of the season produced snowfall accumulations of three to four feet at elevations above 8000 feet, 1.5 to 2 feet along the higher elevations of Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 50, and snowfall rates up to 3 inches/hour. Transportation officials had to temporarily close Interstate 80 for a few hours.
Event by event
5 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Sw Shasta/W Tehama/W Glenn/X Nw Colusa/N Lake
- When
- December 7, 9:00 AM PST to December 8, 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- Sw Shasta/W Tehama/W Glenn/X Nw Colusa/N Lake forecast zone
Winter Storm, Nw & Nc Shasta
- When
- December 7, 10:00 AM PST to December 8, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Nw & Nc Shasta forecast zone
Winter Storm, X Se Shasta/X E Tehama/W Plumas T X Sw
- When
- December 7, 11:00 AM PST to December 8, 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- X Se Shasta/X E Tehama/W Plumas T X Sw forecast zone
Winter Storm, W Sierra T X W/C Nevada/C Placer/C El Dorado/E Amador/Ne Calaveras/C & Ne Tuolumne/Sw Alpine
- When
- December 7, 12:00 PM PST to December 8, 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- W Sierra T X W/C Nevada/C Placer/C El Dorado/E Amador/Ne Calaveras/C & Ne Tuolumne/Sw Alpine forecast zone
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Utah, December 7 to 8, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, December 7 to 8, 1997
- Ice Storm in Nebraska, December 7 to 9, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, December 7 to 8, 1997
- Winter Storm and Flooding in California, December 7 to 8, 1997
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, December 7 to 8, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 7 to 8, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 7 to 8, 1997
- Heavy Snow in California, December 7 to 8, 1997
- Winter Storm in Oregon, December 7 to 8, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 7, 1997
- Dense Fog in Nevada, December 7, 1997
More
Every storm in California in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in California, December 1997
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: 5624151, 5624153, 5624152, 5624154, 5624155.