Winter Storm, Siskiyou
- When
- December 5, 4:23 PM PST
- Where
- Siskiyou forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Yreka spotter reported winds gusting to 60 mph.
Winter Storm in California, December 5, 1998
A winter storm warning was issued on 12/05 at 0253 PST for Oregon zones 003, 007, 008, and 012 above 2500 feet. The warning was extended to California zone 011 above 3000 feet at 0330 PST.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 MFR wrote it up.
A winter storm warning was issued on 12/05 at 0253 PST for Oregon zones 003, 007, 008, and 012 above 2500 feet. The warning was extended to California zone 011 above 3000 feet at 0330 PST. All warnings were cancelled on 12/06 at 0306 PST.
Event by event
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Winter Storm in California, December 5 to 6, 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
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: 5674492.