Heavy Snow, North Coast Interior
- When
- February 8, 4:00 PM PST to February 10, 5:00 AM PST
- Where
- North Coast Interior forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in California, February 8 to 10, 2001
Seven to ten inches of snow fell across wide areas of Northwest California above elevations of 2500 feet. A few favored locations received much more.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 EKA wrote it up.
Seven to ten inches of snow fell across wide areas of Northwest California above elevations of 2500 feet. A few favored locations received much more. Coffee Creek in Trinity County reported 30 inches of snow in 18 hours and a spotter near Laytonville in Mendocino County had 24 inches fall in 24 hours.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Mendocino Interior
- When
- February 8, 4:00 PM PST to February 10, 5:00 AM PST
- Where
- Mendocino Interior forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Upper Trinity River
- When
- February 8, 4:00 PM PST to February 10, 5:00 AM PST
- Where
- Upper Trinity River 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, February 8 to 9, 2001
- Ice Storm in Iowa, February 8 to 9, 2001
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 8 to 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 8, 2001
- Winter Storm in Kansas, February 8 to 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, February 8, 2001
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, February 8 to 9, 2001
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 8 to 9, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, February 8 to 9, 2001
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 8 to 9, 2001
- Winter Storm in Kansas, February 8 to 9, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, February 8, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5233092, 5233093, 5233180.