Heavy Snow in California, February 21 to 22, 2001

Name: Heavy Snow in California, February 21 to 22, 2001
Start: 2001-02-21T01:45
End: 2001-02-22T15:30
Location: California

February 21 to 22, 2001 · NWS STO · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

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: 4

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.

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 Sacramento, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 20, 9:10 PM PST, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 9:10 PM PST, 4 hours 35 minutes before

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Event by event

4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Burney Basin/Eastern Shasta County

When: February 21, 1:45 AM PST to February 22, 3:30 PM PST
Where: Burney Basin/Eastern Shasta County forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow, Shasta Lake/North Shasta County

When: February 21, 1:45 AM PST to February 22, 3:30 PM PST
Where: Shasta Lake/North Shasta County forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow, West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada

When: February 21, 1:45 AM PST to February 22, 3:30 PM PST
Where: West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow, Mt Shasta/Western Plumas County

When: February 21, 1:45 AM PST to February 22, 3:30 PM PST
Where: Mt Shasta/Western Plumas County forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

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

Every storm in California in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5231234, 5231235, 5231236, 5231237.