Winter Storm, S Sierra Mtns
- When
- January 26, 11:00 AM PST to January 27, 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- S Sierra Mtns forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in California, January 26 to 27, 2002
L. 5K Feet got 13" in 12 hours, and Big Meadows in the Tulare County Mountains received 10" of new snow.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 HNX wrote it up.
A winter storm brought significant snow amounts to the Southern Sierra Nevada with lessor amounts in the Tulare County Mountains of Interior Central California: Bishop Pass at 11K Feet M.S.L. received 20" of snow, Agnew Pass at 9.5K Feet got 13" in 12 hours, and Big Meadows in the Tulare County Mountains received 10" of new snow.
Event by event
1 winter storm, 1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Tulare Cty Mtns
- When
- January 26, 11:00 PM PST to January 27, 4:00 AM PST
- Where
- Tulare Cty Mtns forecast zone
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
- 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
- High Surf in California, January 26, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 26 to 27, 2002
- Heavy Snow in California, January 26, 2002
- High Wind in California, January 26, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 26 to 27, 2002
- Heavy Snow in California, January 26 to 27, 2002
- Flooding in Illinois, January 26 to 31, 2002
- Heavy Snow in California, January 26 to 27, 2002
- Heavy Snow in California, January 26, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 26, 2002
- Heavy Snow in California, January 26, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 26, 2002
More
Every storm in California in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 2002
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: 5279360, 5279361.