A Winter Storm Warning was issued for zones CAZ080/082 above 4000 feet at 1550 PST on 02/16/01 and allowed to expire at 0600 PST on 02/18/01. The first two reports listed above occurred just below 4000 feet, so it is likely that the warning should have been issued for areas above 3500 feet.
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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.
The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
A Winter Storm Warning was issued for zones CAZ080/082 above 4000 feet at 1550 PST on 02/16/01 and allowed to expire at 0600 PST on 02/18/01. The first two reports listed above occurred just below 4000 feet, so it is likely that the warning should have been issued for areas above 3500 feet. However, the warning was anticipated well; A Special Weather Statement was issued at 1525 PST on 02/15/01 and a Winter Storm Watch was issued at 0431 PST on 02/16/01.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
A California Department of Water Resources snow measuring device at Sand Flat (6750 feet) reported 9 inches of snow between 1500 PST on 02/17 and 0300 PST on 02/18.
Spotter SY31 4NW of Mt. Shasta City at 3800 feet reported 8 inches of snow between 1600 and 2400 PST on 02/17/01.
Spotter SY19 4W of Black Butte at 3880 feet reported 12 inches of snow between 1500 and 2300 PST on 02/17/01.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 2001
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: 5229699, 5229697, 5229698.