Heavy Snow, Los Angeles County Mountains Excluding the Santa Monica Range
- When
- February 21, 8:00 PM PST to February 22, 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- Los Angeles County Mountains Excluding the Santa Monica Range forecast zone
Heavy Snow in California, February 21 to 22, 1998
A quick moving storm system brought more snow to the mountains of Southern California. Ski resorts reported up to 10 inches of new snow.
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.
A quick moving storm system brought more snow to the mountains of Southern California. Ski resorts reported up to 10 inches of new snow.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Ventura County Mountains
- When
- February 21, 8:00 PM PST to February 22, 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- Ventura County Mountains forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Santa Barbara County Mountains
- When
- February 21, 8:00 PM PST to February 22, 9:00 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
- Winter Storm in Utah, February 21 to 27, 1998
- Cold in South Carolina, February 21, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 21, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, February 21, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, February 21, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 21, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 21, 1998
- Flooding in California, February 21, 1998
- Winter Storm in California, February 21, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, February 21, 1998
- Flood in Michigan, February 21, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, February 21, 1998
More
Every storm in California in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 1998
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: 5630024, 5630025, 5630026.