California, 2003Heavy Snow in California, April 3 to 4, 2003
April 3 to 4, 2003 · NWS REV · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
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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 Reno, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 3, 8:55 PM PST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 8:55 PM PST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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</html>Heavy Snow, Lassen/Eastern Plumas/Eastern Sierra
- When
- April 3, 10:00 PM PST to April 4, 10:00 PM PST
- Where
- Lassen/Eastern Plumas/Eastern Sierra forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.086, -120.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Six inches of new snow reported at Cromberg, CA.
- 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.
- Ice Storm in Michigan, April 3 to 5, 20031 death · 2 injured · $161 million · 13 events
- Ice Storm in Michigan, April 3 to 5, 2003$4.9 million · 17 events
- Winter Weather in Vermont, April 3 to 4, 2003$60,000 · 1 event
- Winter Storm in Michigan, April 3 to 5, 200324 events
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 3, 20033.75 in hail · 22 events
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, April 3, 200313 events
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, April 3 to 5, 20037 events
- Heavy Snow in Utah, April 3, 20036 events
- Winter Weather in Colorado, April 3, 20033 events
- Heavy Snow in California, April 3 to 4, 20032 events
- Damaging Winds in Washington, April 3, 200360 kt wind · 2 events
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, April 3 to 4, 20032 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5353444.