Heavy Snow, S Sierra Mtns
- When
- December 28, 12:00 AM PST to 5:00 PM PST
- Where
- S Sierra Mtns forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Heavy Snow and Dense Fog in California, December 28 to 29, 2005
A quick moving but relatively weak frontal system crossed the Southern Sierra Nevada early on the 28th bringing new snow amounts of 7 to 10 inches. With the additional moisture on the adjacent Central and Southern San Joaquin Valley floor from the frontal passage dense fog developed later that evening before dissipating by midnight.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 quick moving but relatively weak frontal system crossed the Southern Sierra Nevada early on the 28th bringing new snow amounts of 7 to 10 inches. With the additional moisture on the adjacent Central and Southern San Joaquin Valley floor from the frontal passage dense fog developed later that evening before dissipating by midnight.
Event by event
3 dense fog, 1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Dense Fog, E Central S.J. Valley
- When
- December 28, 7:00 PM PST to 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- E Central S.J. Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Dense Fog, Sw S.J. Valley
- When
- December 28, 8:00 PM PST to 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- Sw S.J. Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Dense Fog, Se S.J. Valley
- When
- December 28, 10:45 PM PST to December 29, 1:15 AM PST
- Where
- Se S.J. Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
- Dense Fog
- Fog reducing visibility to a quarter mile or less, filed where it caused accidents or disruption.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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More
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5489189, 5489190, 5489191, 5489192.