California, 2000

Winter Storm in California, January 15 to 16, 2000

January 15 to 16, 2000 · NWS HNX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 winter storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, S Sierra Mtns

When
January 15, 6:00 AM PST to January 16, 12:00 PM PST
Where
S Sierra Mtns forecast zone
Reported by
PARK/FOREST SERVICE

After a long break since some signficant frontal passages in mid-November, larger accumulations of snow finally again fell at the high elevations with Tuolumne Meadows reporting 14 inches of snow for much of the 15th; and tapering off during the early morning hours of the 16th.

What these are

Winter Storm
A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 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: 5132486.