Heavy Snow, Mono
- When
- February 11, 9:05 AM PST to February 12, 9:05 AM PST
- Where
- Mono forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.939, -118.887 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in California, February 11 to 12, 2001
Caltrans reported 14 inches of snow in 24 hours on highway 6 near Benton, CA.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 REV wrote it up.
Caltrans reported 14 inches of snow in 24 hours on highway 6 near Benton, CA.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Reno, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 11, 8:45 AM PST, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 8:45 AM PST, 20 minutes before
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The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Winter Storm and Flooding in California, February 11 to 14, 2001
- Extreme Cold in Maine, February 11, 2001
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in California, February 11 to 14, 2001
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 11, 2001
- Heavy Snow in California, February 11 to 12, 2001
- Heavy Snow in California, February 11, 2001
- Winter Storm in Georgia, February 11 to 12, 2001
- Winter Storm in California, February 11 to 12, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 11, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 11, 2001
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, February 11, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 11 to 12, 2001
More
Every storm in California in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 2001
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: 5233209.