Heavy Snow, West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM PST to 11:45 PM PST
- Where
- West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada forecast zone
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
Heavy Snow in California, February 10, 2000
One to two feet of snow was measured above 7000 feet.
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.
One to two feet of snow was measured above 7000 feet.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- High Wind and Heavy Rain in California, February 10, 2000
- Winter Weather in New York, February 10 to 11, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 10 to 11, 2000
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 10 to 15, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 10 to 11, 2000
- Winter Storm in Michigan, February 10, 2000
- High Wind in Texas, February 10, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Nebraska, February 10 to 11, 2000
- Flood in California, February 10, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 10, 2000
- Heavy Snow in California, February 10, 2000
- Tornado in Nevada, February 10, 2000
More
Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 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: 5132681.