Heavy Snow in California, December 16, 2006

Name: Heavy Snow in California, December 16, 2006
Start: 2006-12-16T12:00
End: 2006-12-16T22:00
Location: California

December 16, 2006 · NWS HNX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A Pacific storm system brought 5-13 inches of snow to the Southern Sierra Nevada during the afternoon and evening of the 16th.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 Pacific storm system brought 5-13 inches of snow to the Southern Sierra Nevada during the afternoon and evening of the 16th.

Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, S Sierra Mtns

When: December 16, 12:00 PM PST to 10:00 PM PST
Where: S Sierra Mtns forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet

Heavy Snow, Tulare Cty Mtns

When: December 16, 12:00 PM PST to 10:00 PM PST
Where: Tulare Cty Mtns forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet

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

Every storm in California in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in California, December 2006

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 6518, 6520.