Heavy Snow, Greater Lake Tahoe Area
- When
- February 19, 4:00 PM PST to February 21, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Greater Lake Tahoe Area forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.935, -120.458 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in California, February 19 to 21, 2005
A winter storm moved through the central Sierra Nevada, dropping 1 to 2 feet of snow on elevations above 7000 feet.Storm total snowfall amounts:Sierra-at-Tahoe Ski Resort 16 inchesNorthstar-at-Tahoe Ski Resort (8300 ft.) 12 inchesAlpine Meadows Ski Resort 10 inchesBoreal Ski Resort 10 inchesSquaw…
Where it happened
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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS REV wrote it up.
A winter storm moved through the central Sierra Nevada, dropping 1 to 2 feet of snow on elevations above 7000 feet.Storm total snowfall amounts:Sierra-at-Tahoe Ski Resort 16 inchesNorthstar-at-Tahoe Ski Resort (8300 ft.) 12 inchesAlpine Meadows Ski Resort 10 inchesBoreal Ski Resort 10 inchesSquaw Valley Ski Resort (8200 ft.) 8 inches
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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
- Flash Flooding and Winter Storm in California, February 19 to 22, 2005
- Debris Flow in California, February 19, 2005
- Tornadoes in California, February 19, 2005
- Flash Flood in California, February 19, 2005
- Damaging Wind in California, February 19, 2005
- Debris Flows and Flood in Utah, February 19 to 21, 2005
- Winter Storm in California, February 19 to 23, 2005
- Tornado in California, February 19, 2005
- Flash Flood in California, February 19, 2005
- Flash Flood in California, February 19, 2005
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, February 19 to 20, 2005
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, February 19 to 20, 2005
More
Every storm in California in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 2005
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: 5470448.