California, 2001Heavy Snow in California, February 26 to 27, 2001
February 26 to 27, 2001 · NWS SGX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- 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 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 San Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 26, 9:30 PM PST, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 9:30 PM PST, 1 hour before
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</html>Heavy Snow, San Diego County Mountains
- When
- February 26, 10:30 PM PST to February 27, 5:00 AM PST
- Where
- San Diego County Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 33.028, -116.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Nine inches snow fell at 6000 feet.
- 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.
- Rip Current in Guam, February 26, 20011 death · 1 event
- Heavy Snow in California, February 26 to 27, 2001$175,000 · 2 events
- Winter Storm in Kansas, February 26 to 27, 200119 events
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 26 to 28, 20017 events
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 26 to 27, 20017 events
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, February 26 to 28, 200196 kt wind · 5 events
- Winter Storm in Kansas, February 26 to 27, 20015 events
- High Wind in Alaska, February 26 to 27, 200156 kt wind · 4 events
- Flash Flooding in Texas, February 26, 20013 events
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 26 to 27, 20013 events
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 26, 20012 events
- Flooding in California, February 26, 20012 events
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: 5230003.