Heavy Rain, Siskiyou
- When
- March 12, 12:00 PM PST to March 13, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Siskiyou County, 6 mi W of Weed
- Coordinates
- 41.593, -122.540 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in California, March 12 to 13, 1998
An intense low pressure system along the California coast caused locally heavy rains around the Mt. Shasta area Thursday and early Friday, March 12-13.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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.
An intense low pressure system along the California coast caused locally heavy rains around the Mt. Shasta area Thursday and early Friday, March 12-13. Total rainfall ranged up to nearly two-and-a-half inches by midday Friday.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
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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: 5629419.