Winter Storm, Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains
- When
- November 26, 3:00 AM PST to November 27, 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains forecast zone
Winter Storm in California, November 26 to 27, 1997
A winter storm affected the Southern Sierra Nevada primarily over a 2-day period beginning in the early morning hours of the 26th and continuing into the 27th. Mammoth Mountain on the eastern border of Madera County already received 3-5 feet of new snow by the early morning of the 27th.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 HNX wrote it up.
A winter storm affected the Southern Sierra Nevada primarily over a 2-day period beginning in the early morning hours of the 26th and continuing into the 27th. Mammoth Mountain on the eastern border of Madera County already received 3-5 feet of new snow by the early morning of the 27th. Rainfall amounts on the west side of the mountains ranged from 2 to 3 inches at elevations between 2500 to 4000 feet...and 3 inches plus from 4000 foot up to the initial snow levels of 5000 feet. Snow levels eventually lowered to just below 4000 feet as the storm passed.
Event by event
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Tulare County Mountains
- When
- November 26, 4:00 AM PST to November 27, 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- Tulare County Mountains forecast zone
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
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- Damaging Wind in California, November 26, 1997
- Flooding in Puerto Rico, November 26, 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, November 26, 1997
- Winter Storm in Colorado, November 26 to 27, 1997
- Winter Storm in Maine, November 26 to 27, 1997
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, November 26, 1997
- Damaging Winds in California, November 26, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, November 26, 1997
- Heavy Snow in California, November 26, 1997
More
Every storm in California in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in California, November 1997
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5617599, 5617600.