Winter Storm, Mt Shasta/Western Plumas County
- When
- February 21, 9:00 AM PST to 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Mt Shasta/Western Plumas County forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Winter Storm in California, February 21, 1998
S. Route 50 through the Sierra Nevada for more than 3 hours.
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 STO wrote it up.
Accumulations up to 12 inches caused closure of Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 50 through the Sierra Nevada for more than 3 hours.
Event by event
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, W Sierra T X W/C Nevada/C Placer/C El Dorado/E Amador/Ne Calaveras/C & Ne Tuolumne/Sw Alpine
- When
- February 21, 9:00 AM PST to 7:00 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
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
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, February 21 to 27, 1998
- Cold in South Carolina, February 21, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 21, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, February 21, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, February 21, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 21, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 21, 1998
- Flooding in California, February 21, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, February 21 to 22, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, February 21, 1998
- Flood in Michigan, February 21, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, February 21, 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: 5671481, 5671482.