California, 1999

Avalanche in California, January 19 to 20, 1999

January 19 to 20, 1999 · NWS STO · 1 event in 1 county or zone

On 01/19/99 and 01/20/99, portions of Highway 50 were closed in both directions due to multiple avalanches.

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 STO wrote it up.

On 01/19/99 and 01/20/99, portions of Highway 50 were closed in both directions due to multiple avalanches.

Event by event

1 avalanche. Local standard time, as filed.

Avalanche, W Sierra T X W/C Nevada/C Placer/C El Dorado/E Amador/Ne Calaveras/C & Ne Tuolumne/Sw Alpine

When
January 19, 4:00 AM PST to January 20, 10:00 PM PST
Where
W Sierra T X W/C Nevada/C Placer/C El Dorado/E Amador/Ne Calaveras/C & Ne Tuolumne/Sw Alpine forecast zone
Reported by
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What these are

Avalanche
A mass of snow sliding down a mountainside that caused a death, an injury or damage.

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: 5680203.