California, 1999

Heavy Snow in California, March 15, 1999

March 15, 1999 · NWS HNX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Frazier Park received 7 inches of snow, Tehachapi 1 inch, and Lodgepole in the Tulare County Mountains getting 8 inches.

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 HNX wrote it up.

Frazier Park received 7 inches of snow, Tehachapi 1 inch, and Lodgepole in the Tulare County Mountains getting 8 inches.

Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Kern Mtns

When
March 15, 4:00 AM PST to 9:00 PM PST
Where
Kern Mtns forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow, Tulare Mtns

When
March 15, 4:00 AM PST to 9:00 PM PST
Where
Tulare Mtns forecast zone
Reported by
PARK/FOREST SERVICE

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

Every storm in California in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in California, March 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5689178, 5689179.