Tim Hearden Dozens of big rigs wait on the side of Interstate 5 south of Redding, Calif., waiting for the freeway to reopen amid an "atmospheric river" storm on Jan. 27. The interstate was closed north of Redding because of snow. Atmospheric river storm dumps snow in Sierra, closing Interstate 5 while dusting parts of the Sacramento and Willamette valleys. The third in a series of "atmospheric river" storms that slammed the West Coast late Tuesday, Jan. 26 dumped copious amounts of snow, including some on the Sacramento and Willamette valley floors. Between 4 and 7 inches of snow fell on the Redding, Calif, area overnight Tuesday night, according to the Redding Record Searchlight. The snow prompted authorities to close Interstate 5 north of town, which caused hundreds of big rigs to bottleneck at offramps, rest areas and a local truck stop to wait for one of the West's main shipping arteries to reopen.