Many reports of heavy snow. A spotter in Westwood reported 8-10 inches of snow in 9 hours elevation 5100 feet and a spotter in Eagle Lake had 8 inches in 9 hours at an elevation of 5200 feet.
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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.
Many reports of heavy snow. A spotter in Westwood reported 8-10 inches of snow in 9 hours elevation 5100 feet and a spotter in Eagle Lake had 8 inches in 9 hours at an elevation of 5200 feet. In Loyalton a spotter received 4 inches of snow in 3 hours and a storm total of over 5 inches in 14 hours at 4900 feet. One spotter in Portola received 6 inches of snow in 12 hours at 5000+ feet and another had 10-12 inches in 8 hours at 4500 feet. A spotter in Graeagle reported 10-12 inches in 8 hours at 4300 feet and in Sattley they had 8 inches in 12 hours at 4900 feet.
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 Jan 25, 9:00 PM PST, 5 hours earlier.
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8 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 2002
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: 5279473, 5279474, 5279471, 5279472, 5279478, 5279476, 5279477, 5279475.