The above report barely met Heavy Snow Warning criteria for this area. However, no warning was in effect at this time.
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 MFR wrote it up.
The above report barely met Heavy Snow Warning criteria for this area. However, no warning was in effect at this time.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotter SY100 near Happy Camp reported 4 inches of new snow between 1100 PST and 1600 PST.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 2003
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: 5339844.