Heavy Snow, Los Angeles County Mountains Excluding the Santa Monica Range
- When
- February 16, 4:00 PM PST to February 17, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Los Angeles County Mountains Excluding the Santa Monica Range forecast zone
Heavy Snow in California, February 16 to 17, 1998
Another powerful winter storm brought heavy snow to the mountains of Southern California. Below 6000 feet, 3 to 7 inches of new snow was reported.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Another powerful winter storm brought heavy snow to the mountains of Southern California. Below 6000 feet, 3 to 7 inches of new snow was reported. Above 6000 feet, ski resorts reported up to 16 inches of new snow.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Ventura County Mountains
- When
- February 16, 4:00 PM PST to February 17, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Ventura County Mountains forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Santa Barbara County Mountains
- When
- February 16, 4:00 PM PST to February 17, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Santa Barbara County Mountains 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
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More
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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: 5630020, 5630021, 5630022.