Winter Storm, Clear Lake/Berryessa Highlands
- When
- December 5, 3:30 PM PST to December 6, 4:00 AM PST
- Where
- Clear Lake/Berryessa Highlands forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
Winter Storm in California, December 5 to 6, 1998
A cold Pacific storm produced snow across much of the Northern Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascades. Wet snow accumulated across the Northern Sacramento Valley with six inches just north of the city of Redding and two inches at the airport.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $300,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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.
A cold Pacific storm produced snow across much of the Northern Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascades. Wet snow accumulated across the Northern Sacramento Valley with six inches just north of the city of Redding and two inches at the airport. Trace amounts to 1/2" fell across the Red Bluff area. The heavy wet snow downed power lines and caused more than a dozen valley accidents including a 30 vehicle pile up south of Castella. Interstate 5 was partially closed between 1545 and 2145 PST.
Event by event
9 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Burney Basin/Eastern Shasta County
- When
- December 5, 3:30 PM PST to December 6, 4:00 AM PST
- Where
- Burney Basin/Eastern Shasta County forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
Winter Storm, Shasta Lake/North Shasta County
- When
- December 5, 3:30 PM PST to December 6, 4:00 AM PST
- Where
- Shasta Lake/North Shasta County forecast zone
- Property damage
- $300,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
Winter Storm, Northern Sacramento Valley
- When
- December 5, 3:30 PM PST to December 6, 4:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern Sacramento Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
Winter Storm, Northeast Foothills/Sacramento Valley
- When
- December 5, 3:30 PM PST to December 6, 4:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northeast Foothills/Sacramento Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
Winter Storm, Mountains Southwest Shasta County to Northern Lake County
- When
- December 5, 3:30 PM PST to December 6, 4:00 AM PST
- Where
- Mountains Southwest Shasta County to Northern Lake County forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
Winter Storm, West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada/Sierra County South
- When
- December 5, 3:30 PM PST to December 6, 4:00 AM PST
- Where
- West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada/Sierra County South forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
Winter Storm, Mt Shasta/Western Plumas County
- When
- December 5, 3:30 PM PST to December 6, 4:00 AM PST
- Where
- Mt Shasta/Western Plumas County forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
Winter Storm, Motherlode/Camptonville to Goverland
- When
- December 5, 3:30 PM PST to December 6, 4:00 AM PST
- Where
- Motherlode/Camptonville to Goverland forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
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
- Tornadoes and High Wind in California, December 5 to 16, 1998
- Tornado in California, December 5, 1998
- Dense Fog in Florida, December 5, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 5 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, December 5, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, December 5 to 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 5, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, December 5 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 5 to 6, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, December 5, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 5, 1998
- Flood in U.S. Virgin Islands, December 5, 1998
More
Every storm in California in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in California, December 1998
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: 5676286, 5676287, 5676288, 5676289, 5676290, 5676291, 5676292, 5676293, 5676294.