Spotter reported 20 inches of snow in 24 hours at Graeagle, CA.
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.
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 REV wrote it up.
Spotter reported 20 inches of snow in 24 hours at Graeagle, CA.
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 9, 8:45 AM PST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
845 AM PST FRI FEB 9 2001
UPPER LOW OFF THE NORTHERN CA COAST TO MOVE SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST
TODAY THEN TURN EAST TONIGHT. IT WEAKENS AS IT MOVES INLAND ALTHOUGH
THE LATEST PROGS DO NOT WEAKEN IT AS FAST AS YESTERDAYS RUNS DID.
ANOTHER LOW COMES IN FROM THE NORTH TO REPLACE IT AND SETS UP A LITTLE
FARTHER TO THE EAST. A COLDFRONT CAME THROUGH LAST NIGHT AND
PRODUCED MORE WEATHER THAN THE PROGS HAD BEEN SHOWING. IT HAS MOVED
OFF TO THE EAST BRINGING A BREAK IN THE SNOW IN THE WARNING AREA
EXCEPT ALONG THE SIERRA CREST. SATELLITE AND RADAR SHOW ANOTHER
PRECIPITATION OVER NORTHERN CA AHEAD OF THE LOW THAT WILL MOVE INTO
THE WARNING AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE NEW ETA AND AVN HAVE ANOTHER
POTENTIAL HEAVY SNOW PERIOD FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SATURDAY NIGHT AND
SUNDAY AS THE NEXT LOW MOVES IN. FORECAST UPDATE TO DEAL WITH SHORT
TwERM DETAILS. COREY
.REV...WINTER STORM WARNING TODAY AND TONIGHT ZONES 71...72/2...73
LAKE WIND ADVISORY PYRAMID LAKE TODAY.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5233313.