Winter Storm, Clear Lake/Southern Lake County
- When
- April 4, 8:00 AM PST to April 6, 3:30 AM PST
- Where
- Clear Lake/Southern Lake County forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Winter Storm in California, April 4 to 6, 1999
Up to three feet of snow at 7,000 feet combined with snow as low as 400 feet temporarily closed Interstate 80 and Highway 50. The Red Cross set up temporary shelter in the Paradise area to accommodate unprepared stranded motorists.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 STO wrote it up.
Up to three feet of snow at 7,000 feet combined with snow as low as 400 feet temporarily closed Interstate 80 and Highway 50. The Red Cross set up temporary shelter in the Paradise area to accommodate unprepared stranded motorists.
Event by event
8 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Northeast Foothills/Sacramento Valley
- When
- April 4, 8:00 AM PST to April 6, 3:30 AM PST
- Where
- Northeast Foothills/Sacramento Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Winter Storm, Mountains Southwest Shasta County to Northern Lake County
- When
- April 4, 8:00 AM PST to April 6, 3:30 AM PST
- Where
- Mountains Southwest Shasta County to Northern Lake County forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Winter Storm, West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada
- When
- April 4, 8:00 AM PST to April 6, 3:30 AM PST
- Where
- West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Winter Storm, Mt Shasta/Western Plumas County
- When
- April 4, 8:00 AM PST to April 6, 3:30 AM PST
- Where
- Mt Shasta/Western Plumas County forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Winter Storm, Motherlode/Camptonville to Goverland
- When
- April 4, 8:00 AM PST to April 6, 3:30 AM PST
- Where
- Motherlode/Camptonville to Goverland forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Winter Storm, Shasta Lake/North Shasta County
- When
- April 4, 8:00 AM PST to April 6, 3:30 AM PST
- Where
- Shasta Lake/North Shasta County forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Winter Storm, Burney Basin/Eastern Shasta County
- When
- April 4, 8:00 AM PST to April 6, 3:30 AM PST
- Where
- Burney Basin/Eastern Shasta County forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, April 4, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 4 to 5, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, April 4, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, April 4, 1999
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, April 4, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, April 4, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 4 to 5, 1999
- Tornado in Virginia, April 4, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, April 4, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 4, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 4, 1999
- Hail in Texas, April 4, 1999
More
Every storm in California in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in California, April 1999
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: 5690234, 5690235, 5690236, 5690237, 5690238, 5690239, 5690240, 5690241.