Heavy Snow, Mono
- When
- February 17, 1:00 PM PST to February 19, 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- Mono forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.939, -118.887 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in California, February 17 to 19, 2006
A strong winter storm moved through the Sierra Nevada from the 17th to the 19th.
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 strong winter storm moved through the Sierra Nevada from the 17th to the 19th. Two to 3 feet of snow fell in the higher elevations.Storm total snowfall amounts:Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort (9000 ft) 21 inchesJune Mountain Ski Area 16 inches
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 Reno, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 17, 7:10 AM PST, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 7:10 AM PST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 5:20 AM PST, 7 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 520 AM PST FRI FEB 17 2006 CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-181500- SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS- EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-MONO- MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY- MINDEN AREA-WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- 520 AM PST FRI FEB 17 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA... NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 10 PM SATURDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN SIERRA. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO FALL AND WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FROM KRNO /WWUS45 KREV RNOWSWREV/ FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE GREATER RENO...CARSON CITY AREAS. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FROM KRNO /WWUS45 KREV RNOWSWREV/ FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM SATURDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN SIERRA. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FROM KRNO /WWUS45 KREV RNOWSWREV/ FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN NETWORK ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT EVENTS ACCORDING TO ESTABLISHED CRITERIA. SMM
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
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, February 17, 2006
- High Wind in New York, February 17, 2006
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 17, 2006
- High Wind in Ohio, February 17, 2006
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Washington, February 17, 2006
- High Wind and Strong Wind in New Jersey, February 17, 2006
- High Wind in New Hampshire, February 17, 2006
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, February 17, 2006
- High Wind in Vermont, February 17, 2006
- High Wind in New Hampshire, February 17, 2006
- High Wind in Maine, February 17, 2006
- High Wind in New York, February 17, 2006
More
Every storm in California in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5489951.