Heavy Snow in California, March 12 to 13, 1996

Name: Heavy Snow in California, March 12 to 13, 1996
Start: 1996-03-12T08:00
End: 1996-03-13T07:00
Location: California

March 12 to 13, 1996 · NWS LOX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A winter storm produced heavy snow across the San Bernardino Mountains. Angelus Oaks reported 12 inches while Forest Falls and Green Valley Lake reported 8 inches.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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 LOX wrote it up.

A winter storm produced heavy snow across the San Bernardino Mountains. Angelus Oaks reported 12 inches while Forest Falls and Green Valley Lake reported 8 inches.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Shasta Lake/North Shasta County

When: March 12, 8:00 AM PST to March 13, 7:00 AM PST
Where: Shasta Lake/North Shasta County forecast zone

What these are

Heavy Snow: Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in California in 1996 Every state in 1996 This day in weather history Warnings in California, March 1996

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5542742.