Up to 7 inches of snow fell over Whidbey and Camano Islands overnight. Lesser amounts fell over western Skagit County.
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.
The episode as NWS SEW wrote it up.
Up to 7 inches of snow fell over Whidbey and Camano Islands overnight. Lesser amounts fell over western Skagit County. About 2000 people on the islands lost power and several roads were closed because of the snow.
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Up to 7 inches of snow fell over Whidbey and Camano Islands overnight. Lesser amounts fell over western Skagit County. About 2000 people on the islands lost power and several roads were closed because of the snow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Washington in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, January 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5628138, 5628139.