Winter Storm, Clear Lake/Southern Lake County
- When
- March 8, 3:51 AM PST to March 9, 12:13 PM PST
- Where
- Clear Lake/Southern Lake County forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Winter Storm in California, March 8 to 9, 1999
Two feet of snow at 5000 feet combined with six inches below 3000 feet temporarily closed Interstate 80 and Highway 50.
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.
Two feet of snow at 5000 feet combined with six inches below 3000 feet temporarily closed Interstate 80 and Highway 50.
Event by event
8 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Burney Basin/Eastern Shasta County
- When
- March 8, 3:51 AM PST to March 9, 12:13 PM PST
- Where
- Burney Basin/Eastern Shasta County forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Winter Storm, Shasta Lake/North Shasta County
- When
- March 8, 3:51 AM PST to March 9, 12:13 PM PST
- Where
- Shasta Lake/North Shasta County forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Winter Storm, Northeast Foothills/Sacramento Valley
- When
- March 8, 3:51 AM PST to March 9, 12:13 PM PST
- Where
- Northeast Foothills/Sacramento Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Winter Storm, Mountains Southwest Shasta County to Northern Lake County
- When
- March 8, 3:51 AM PST to March 9, 12:13 PM PST
- Where
- Mountains Southwest Shasta County to Northern Lake County forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Winter Storm, West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada
- When
- March 8, 3:51 AM PST to March 9, 12:13 PM PST
- Where
- West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Winter Storm, Mt Shasta/Western Plumas County
- When
- March 8, 3:51 AM PST to March 9, 12:13 PM PST
- Where
- Mt Shasta/Western Plumas County forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Winter Storm, Motherlode/Camptonville to Goverland
- When
- March 8, 3:51 AM PST to March 9, 12:13 PM PST
- Where
- Motherlode/Camptonville to Goverland 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
- Tornadoes and Flood in Oklahoma, March 8, 1999
- Ice Storm in Kansas, March 8, 1999
- Winter Storm in Iowa, March 8, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, March 8 to 28, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 8 to 9, 1999
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, March 8 to 9, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, March 8 to 9, 1999
- High Wind in Oklahoma, March 8, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 8, 1999
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 8, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, March 8, 1999
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Indiana, March 8 to 9, 1999
More
Every storm in California in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in California, March 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: 5693247, 5693248, 5693249, 5693250, 5693251, 5693252, 5693253, 5693254.