Heavy Snow in California, April 16, 2000

Name: Heavy Snow in California, April 16, 2000
Start: 2000-04-16T15:00
End: 2000-04-16T22:10
Location: California

April 16, 2000 · NWS STO · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Snow accumulations exceeded 1 foot above 7000 feet.

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.

Snow accumulations exceeded 1 foot above 7000 feet.

Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

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

When: April 16, 3:00 PM PST to 10:10 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: PARK/FOREST SERVICE

Heavy Snow, X Se Shasta/X E Tehama/W Plumas T X Sw

When: April 16, 3:00 PM PST to 10:10 PM PST
Where: X Se Shasta/X E Tehama/W Plumas T X Sw 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

Every storm in California in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in California, April 2000

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: 5137482, 5137483.