Heavy Snow, Western Whatcom
- When
- December 24, 1:00 AM PST to 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Western Whatcom forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Washington, December 24, 1998
4 to 8 inches of snow fell over much of Puget Sound. The snowfall knocked out power to about 1000 customers and caused hundreds of minor car accidents.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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 SEW wrote it up.
4 to 8 inches of snow fell over much of Puget Sound. The snowfall knocked out power to about 1000 customers and caused hundreds of minor car accidents.
Event by event
9 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Central Casade Foothills
- When
- December 24, 1:00 AM PST to 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Central Casade Foothills forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Northern Casade Foothills
- When
- December 24, 1:00 AM PST to 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern Casade Foothills forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Admiralty Inlet Area
- When
- December 24, 1:00 AM PST to 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Admiralty Inlet Area forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Hood Canal/Kitsap Peninsula
- When
- December 24, 1:00 AM PST to 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Hood Canal/Kitsap Peninsula forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Southwest Interior
- When
- December 24, 1:00 AM PST to 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Southwest Interior forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Seattle Metropolitan Area
- When
- December 24, 1:00 AM PST to 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Seattle Metropolitan Area forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Tacoma Area
- When
- December 24, 1:00 AM PST to 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Tacoma Area forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Northwest Interior
- When
- December 24, 1:00 AM PST to 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northwest Interior forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, December 24, 1998
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, December 24 to 25, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, December 24, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 24 to 25, 1998
- Winter Storm in Washington, December 24, 1998
- Ice Storm in Georgia, December 24 to 25, 1998
- High Wind in Wyoming, December 24 to 25, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 24, 1998
- Winter Storm in Oregon, December 24, 1998
- Ice Storm in South Carolina, December 24, 1998
- Winter Weather in South Carolina, December 24 to 25, 1998
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, December 24, 1998
More
Every storm in Washington in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, December 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: 5677727, 5677728, 5677729, 5677730, 5677731, 5677732, 5677733, 5677734, 5677735.