Heavy Snow, Ynp / South Siernv
- When
- February 20, 9:00 PM PST to February 21, 4:00 AM PST
- Where
- Ynp / South Siernv forecast zone
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, February 20 to 21, 1999
Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park received 16 inches of snow overnight. Snow was reported down to the 3000 foot elevation but amounts at the lower elevations were reported only at 1-3 inches.
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 HNX wrote it up.
Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park received 16 inches of snow overnight. Snow was reported down to the 3000 foot elevation but amounts at the lower elevations were reported only at 1-3 inches. Gusty wind followed the frontal passage early on the 21st with gusts in the Tehachapi Valley up to 40 knots at 1359 PST.
Event by event
2 heavy snow, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Tulare Mtns
- When
- February 20, 10:00 PM PST to February 21, 4:00 AM PST
- Where
- Tulare Mtns forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
High Wind, Kern Mtns
- When
- February 21, 11:00 AM PST to 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- Kern Mtns forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Surf in California, February 20, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, February 20 to 22, 1999
- Winter Storm in California, February 20 to 21, 1999
- Winter Storm in California, February 20 to 21, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, February 20, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, February 20 to 21, 1999
- Flood in Hawaii, February 20, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, February 20, 1999
- Flood in Hawaii, February 20, 1999
- High Wind in Washington, February 20, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, February 20 to 21, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, February 20 to 21, 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: 5689166, 5689167, 5689168.