Heavy Snow, E King/E Pierce/E Lewis
- When
- December 27, 6:00 AM PST to 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- E King/E Pierce/E Lewis forecast zone
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Heavy Snow in Washington, December 27, 1998
More than a foot of snow, plus some sleet, forced the DOT to close I-90 over Snoqualmie Pass. About 4000 travellers were prevented from crossing over the mountains as Stevens Pass was closed as well.
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 SEW wrote it up.
More than a foot of snow, plus some sleet, forced the DOT to close I-90 over Snoqualmie Pass. About 4000 travellers were prevented from crossing over the mountains as Stevens Pass was closed as well.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flooding in Oregon, December 27 to 30, 1998
- Flooding in Washington, December 27 to 30, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Washington, December 27 to 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Maine, December 27 to 28, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 27 to 30, 1998
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Oregon, December 27 to 28, 1998
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, December 27 to 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 27 to 28, 1998
- High Wind in Colorado, December 27 to 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 27 to 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 27 to 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 27 to 28, 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: 5677737.