Winter Storm, Siskiyou
- When
- February 7, 8:00 AM PST to February 8, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Siskiyou forecast zone
Winter Storm in California, February 7 to 8, 1998
South-Southeast flow produced locally orographic driven heavy snow in the Mt. Shasta area and high winds in the Shasta Valley.
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.
South-Southeast flow produced locally orographic driven heavy snow in the Mt. Shasta area and high winds in the Shasta Valley. 6 to 8 inches fell at Mt. Shasta City and 16 to 20 inches near Black Butte at 4000 ft. Wind gusts up to 67 mph were reported at Weed.
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
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 7 to 9, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in California, February 7 to 8, 1998
- Flooding in California, February 7 to 8, 1998
- High Wind in California, February 7, 1998
- Storm Surge in Oregon, February 7, 1998
- Lightning Strike in California, February 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 7 to 9, 1998
- Dense Fog in Colorado, February 7, 1998
- High Wind in Oregon, February 7, 1998
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 7 to 8, 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: 5629398.