California, 2003Heavy Snow in California, November 2 to 3, 2003
November 2 to 3, 2003 · NWS HNX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
- 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 Hanford, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 2, 9:49 PM PST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 2, 9:49 PM PST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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</html>Heavy Snow, S Sierra Mtns
- When
- November 2, 11:00 PM PST to November 3, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- S Sierra Mtns forecast zone
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
The first snow of the season in the Yosemite area of the Southern Sierra Nevada brought 10" of snow to Tuolumne Meadows and 6.5" of snow to the Yosemite Valley. Minimal snow was reported in the Tulare County Mountains to the south.
- 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.
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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: 5371002.