California, 1999

Heavy Snow in California, April 10, 1999

April 10, 1999 · NWS EKA · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Four to nine inches of snow fell above 2500 feet across much of Trinity County.

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 EKA wrote it up.

Four to nine inches of snow fell above 2500 feet across much of Trinity County.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Upper Trinity River

When
April 10, 1:00 AM PST to 5:00 PM PST
Where
Upper Trinity River forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER

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

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: 5695679.