Winter Storm, Siskiyou
- When
- March 8, 7:38 AM PST
- Where
- Siskiyou forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Spotter near Weed reported south winds 40 mph gusting to 58 mph.
Winter Storm in California, March 8, 1999
This storm met the criteria for a Winter Storm Warning, but none was issued. A Snow Advisory was issued for Siskiyou County ( and later extended to most of southwest Oregon west of the Cascades) at 0344 PST on 03/08/99 and cancelled at 0623 PST on 03/09/99.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 MFR wrote it up.
This storm met the criteria for a Winter Storm Warning, but none was issued. A Snow Advisory was issued for Siskiyou County ( and later extended to most of southwest Oregon west of the Cascades) at 0344 PST on 03/08/99 and cancelled at 0623 PST on 03/09/99. A Wind Advisory was issued for the Shasta Valley at 0843 PST on 03/08/99.
Event by event
4 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Siskiyou
- When
- March 8, 4:20 PM PST
- Where
- Siskiyou forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Spotter near Mt. Shasta City reported 10 inches of new snow since 0500 LST.
Winter Storm, Siskiyou
- When
- March 8, 4:40 PM PST
- Where
- Siskiyou forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Spotter SY10 in Weed reported wind gust to 64 mph.
Winter Storm, Siskiyou
- When
- March 8, 5:16 PM PST
- Where
- Siskiyou forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Spotter SY50 near Montague reported gusty winds 40 to 50 mph.
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: 5686891, 5686892, 5686893, 5686894.