Heavy Snow in California, December 13 to 15, 2000

Name: Heavy Snow in California, December 13 to 15, 2000
Start: 2000-12-13T04:00
End: 2000-12-15T04:00
Location: California

December 13 to 15, 2000 · NWS STO · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

More than one foot of snow accumulated 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.

More than one foot of snow accumulated 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: December 13, 4:00 AM PST to December 15, 4:00 AM 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: December 13, 4:00 AM PST to December 15, 4:00 AM 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, December 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5169523, 5169524.