Winter Storm, Ne & Ec Shasta
- When
- January 12, 10:00 AM PST to 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Ne & Ec Shasta forecast zone
Winter Storm in California, January 12, 1998
10-20 inches of snow fell above 6500 feet. The Sierra Nevada also experienced gusts in excess of 100 mph.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
10-20 inches of snow fell above 6500 feet. The Sierra Nevada also experienced gusts in excess of 100 mph.
Event by event
5 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Nw & Nc Shasta
- When
- January 12, 12:00 PM PST to 10:00 PM PST
- Where
- Nw & Nc Shasta forecast zone
Winter Storm, Sw Shasta/W Tehama/W Glenn/X Nw Colusa/N Lake
- When
- January 12, 12:00 PM PST to 10:00 PM PST
- Where
- Sw Shasta/W Tehama/W Glenn/X Nw Colusa/N Lake forecast zone
Winter Storm, W Sierra T X W/C Nevada/C Placer/C El Dorado/E Amador/Ne Calaveras/C & Ne Tuolumne/Sw Alpine
- When
- January 12, 3:00 PM PST to 11:00 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
Winter Storm, X Se Shasta/X E Tehama/W Plumas T X Sw
- When
- January 12, 3:00 PM PST to 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- X Se Shasta/X E Tehama/W Plumas T X Sw 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
- Winter Weather in Kansas, January 12, 1998
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 12, 1998
- Tornado in Louisiana, January 12, 1998
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 12, 1998
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 12, 1998
- Flood in Louisiana, January 12, 1998
- Tornado in Louisiana, January 12, 1998
- Cold in Maine, January 12, 1998
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 12, 1998
- Winter Storm in Missouri, January 12, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, January 12, 1998
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 12, 1998
More
Every storm in California in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5633127, 5633128, 5633129, 5633130, 5633131.