Winter Weather in California, March 5, 1998

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.

Winter Weather

Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

• Winter Storm in Utah, March 5 to 7, 19988 injured · $100,000 · 19 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 5, 1998$580,000 · 2.75 in hail · 5 events
• Hail and Lightning Strike in Mississippi, March 5, 1998$150,000 · 1.75 in hail · 6 events
• Hail in Mississippi, March 5, 1998$100,000 · 2.75 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 5, 1998$70,000 · 1 event
• Winter Storm in Colorado, March 5 to 7, 199810 events
• Lightning Strike in Arkansas, March 5, 19981 injured · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 5 to 6, 1998$2,000 · 1.5 in hail · 8 events
• Winter Storm in California, March 5 to 6, 19987 events
• Hail in Louisiana, March 5, 19981.75 in hail · 7 events
• Hail in Arkansas, March 5, 19980.88 in hail · 4 events
• Hail in Oklahoma, March 5, 19981.75 in hail · 3 events

Every storm in California in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in California, March 1998

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5638213, 5638214.