Winter Storm, Siskiyou
- When
- February 16, 8:00 AM PST to February 17, 6:00 AM PST
- Where
- Siskiyou forecast zone
Winter Storm in California, February 16 to 17, 1998
Frontal system produced locally strong winds and heavy snow in favored orographic areas. Winds gusted to 48 mph at Weed and 58 mph at Big Springs.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Frontal system produced locally strong winds and heavy snow in favored orographic areas. Winds gusted to 48 mph at Weed and 58 mph at Big Springs. 5 inches of snow fell at Black Butte and 4 to 6 inches at Mt. Shasta City.
Event by event
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Siskiyou
- When
- February 16, 8:00 AM PST to February 17, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Siskiyou 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, February 16, 1998
- Flooding in Florida, February 16, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, February 16, 1998
- Flood in Florida, February 16 to 25, 1998
- Flood in Florida, February 16 to 25, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, February 16, 1998
- High Wind in Virginia, February 16 to 17, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, February 16, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 16, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, February 16, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 16, 1998
- High Wind in North Carolina, February 16, 1998
More
Every storm in California in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 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: 5629406, 5629407.