California, 2001

Heavy Snow in California, April 9 to 10, 2001

April 9 to 10, 2001 · NWS LOX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A quick moving storm brought heavy snow to the mountains of Ventura and Los Angeles counties. Snowfall totals ranged between 6 to 14 inches above 4000 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 LOX wrote it up.

A quick moving storm brought heavy snow to the mountains of Ventura and Los Angeles counties. Snowfall totals ranged between 6 to 14 inches above 4000 feet.

Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, N Ventura

When
April 9, 11:00 AM PST to April 10, 2:00 AM PST
Where
N Ventura forecast zone
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC

Heavy Snow, N Los Angeles T X N

When
April 9, 11:00 AM PST to April 10, 2:00 AM PST
Where
N Los Angeles T X N forecast zone
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC

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

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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: 5237278, 5237279.