Heavy Snow, West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada
- When
- February 18, 4:15 AM PST to 8:48 PM PST
- Where
- West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Heavy Snow in California, February 18, 1999
10 to 14 inches of snow accumulated across the higher terrain and ski resorts of the Northern Sierra Nevada.
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 STO wrote it up.
10 to 14 inches of snow accumulated across the higher terrain and ski resorts of the Northern Sierra Nevada.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Mt Shasta/Western Plumas County
- When
- February 18, 4:15 AM PST to 8:48 PM PST
- Where
- Mt Shasta/Western Plumas County forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
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
- High Wind in Nevada, February 18, 1999
- High Wind in Nevada, February 18, 1999
- High Wind in California, February 18, 1999
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 18, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 18 to 19, 1999
- High Wind in Washington, February 18, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 18, 1999
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 18, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 18 to 19, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, February 18, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, February 18, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 18, 1999
More
Every storm in California in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 1999
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: 5680894, 5680895.