Winter Storm, Tulare Cty Mtns
- When
- March 10, 8:00 AM PST to March 11, 10:00 PM PST
- Where
- Tulare Cty Mtns forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Winter Storm in California, March 10 to 11, 2006
Snowfall occurred in the mountains from the 8th of March into the 12th. The greatest amounts of snow in the Southern Sierra Nevada and Tulare County Mountains fell during the 10th and 11th: Quaking Aspen 43" of new snow; Gin Flat 38"; Upper Tyndal Basin 30"; Lodgepole 28"; and Volcanic Knob 26".
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.
Snowfall occurred in the mountains from the 8th of March into the 12th. The greatest amounts of snow in the Southern Sierra Nevada and Tulare County Mountains fell during the 10th and 11th: Quaking Aspen 43" of new snow; Gin Flat 38"; Upper Tyndal Basin 30"; Lodgepole 28"; and Volcanic Knob 26".
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 Mar 10, 5:25 AM PST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 5:25 AM PST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
525 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006
.SHORT TERM...DEEP COLD UPPER TROUGH EVOLVING OVER THE WESTERN US
CONTINUES TO PRODUCE UNSETTLED WEATHER ACROSS THE DISTRICT. LATEST
DISTURBANCE SWINGING THROUGH THE TROUGH HAS PROVIDED SCATTERED
SHOWERS OVERNIGHT...NOW MOSTLY AFFECTING THE MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS...WITH SNOW LEVELS AS LOW AS 2000 FEET. WINDS IN THE KERN
COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERT HAVE REMAINED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA
DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...AND WITH GRADIENTS RELAXING AND
FORECAST TO CONTINUE RELAXING...THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED.
IMPULSES WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE THROUGH THE TROUGH...WITH
SUFFICIENT AVAILABLE MOISTURE AND ASSOCIATED INSTABILITY TO PRODUCE
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT THROUGH
SATURDAY...WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE VALLEY AND
FOOTHILLS EACH AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE UPPER TROUGH IS
PROGGED TO MOVE GRADUALLY EAST DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH
PRECIPITATION CHANCES TAPERING OFF...THOUGH STILL EXPECT SCATTERED
SHOWERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT SUNDAY...WITH SNOW LEVELS CONTINUING
BELOW 2000 FEET. BECAUSE OF THE UNSEASONABLY COLD SYSTEM...STILL
LOOKING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME SNOW MIXING WITH THE RAIN IN THE
VALLEY SATURDAY...ALONG WITH POSSIBLE FREEZING TEMPERATURES SUNDAY
MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA AND THE
SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE KERN MOUNTAINS CONTINUE IN EFFECT...AS THE
PASSING SYSTEMS WILL HAVE SUFFICIENT MOISTURE TO EASILY VERIFY THESE
PRODUCTS.
.LONG TERM...FOR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...GOOD AGREEMENT
AMONG THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS...WHICH CALL FOR A MUCH CALMER
PATTERN OVER THE DISTRICT. THE DEPARTING COLD UPPER TROUGH MAKES
WAY FOR SHORT WAVE RIDGING TO PUSH IN FROM THE EPAC. RESULTING DRY
WEATHER IS IN STORE FOR MONDAY WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES
UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. MEANWHILE...A CLOSED UPPER LOW DROPS
DOWN FROM THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS TOWARDS THE PACNW COAST. ENERGY FROM
THIS SYSTEM SWINGS INLAND TUESDAY CLIPPING NORCAL...WITH PERHAPS
A WEAK FRONT STALLING NEAR OUR NORTHERN BORDER. WILL MAINTAIN LOW
CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWFA TUESDAY AND TUES
NIGHT AND SLIGHT CHANCE SOUTH. THEREAFTER...UPPER CYCLONIC FLOW
PERSISTS OVER THE EPAC...THOUGH MAIN ENERGY AND DEEP MOISTURE STAYS
NORTH OF 40N LATITUDE. WILL KEEP SKIES AT PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH THE
PERIOD WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF FA.
MODELS PROG STEADY WARMING AT H85 WHICH SHOULD BRING TEMPERATURES
TO NEAR NORMAL BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. BUT WILL UNDERCUT MOS
GUIDANCE SLIGHTLY AS IT TRENDS TOWARDS CLIMO A LITTLE TOO QUICKLY.
&&
.AVIATION...GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH 20Z OVER THE SAN
JOAQUIN VALLEY WITH LOCAL MVFR DUE TO CEILINGS AND -SHRA. AFT 20Z
MVFR CEILINGS BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD WITH LCL IFR AND POSSIBLE
TSRA. CEILINGS WILL RESULT IN MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS AND IFR
CONDITIONS OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. FOR SPECIFIC
DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO TAFS FOR KMCE...KFAT AND KBFL.
&&
.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR
THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA NORTH OF KERN COUNTY THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING.
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE
KERN MOUNTAINS THROUGH NOON PST SATURDAY.
&&
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD /USE ALL LOWER CASE/
JEB/DCHHazardous weather outlook, Mar 10, 5:00 AM PST, 3 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 500 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006 CAZ093-094-098-099-111300- MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS- INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 500 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SIERRA NEVADA FOOTHILLS... AND THE KERN COUNTY DESERT. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. CAZ095-111300- KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 500 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 12 PM PST SATURDAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE /WWUS46 KHNX...SFOWSWHNX/ FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE SNOW ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 12 PM PST SATURDAY. AFTER 12 PM SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. CAZ096-097-111300- SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 500 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO THE KERN COUNTY LINE. .DAY ONE...TODAY THE WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 12 PM PST SATURDAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE /WWUS46 KHNX...SFOWSWHNX/ FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 12 PM SATURDAY. AFTER 12 PM SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. CAZ089>092-111300- WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- 500 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. AFTER SATURDAY EVENING...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. MORSE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 2:00 AM PST, 6 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 200 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006 CAZ089>092-101800- WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- 200 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006 ...AN UNUSUALLY COLD WEATHER SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE VALLEY... A WEATHER SYSTEM ORIGINATING IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY...AND WILL LINGER THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE AIRMASS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM IS VERY COLD...AND WILL DESTABILIZE IF ANY BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS ALLOW FOR AFTERNOON HEATING. THIS MAY RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS BOTH TODAY AND SATURDAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY IN HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. BECAUSE THE AIRMASS WILL BE UNSEASONABLY COLD...SNOW LEVELS MAY REACH THE VALLEY FLOOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED ON THE VALLEY FLOOR...LOCAL AREAS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE FOOTHILLS...WILL HAVE THE GREATEST CHANCE OF RECEIVING MEASURABLE SNOW. THERE IS ALSO A REAL THREAT OF FROST AND POSSIBLE FREEZING CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY MORNINGS...IF SKIES CLEAR DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. TEMPERATURES MAY BOTTOM OUT IN THE UPPER 20S ON BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY MORNINGS. BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE LOW IS PROJECTED TO MOVE EAST OF THE AREA AND TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO WARM UP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE...FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT. CAZ093>095-101800- MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS- KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 200 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006 ...AN UNUSUALLY COLD WEATHER SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE FOOTHILLS AND KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS THIS WEEKEND... A WEATHER SYSTEM ORIGINATING IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY...AND WILL LINGER THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE AIRMASS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM IS VERY COLD...AND WILL DESTABILIZE IF ANY BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS ALLOW FOR AFTERNOON HEATING. THIS MAY RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS BOTH TODAY AND SATURDAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY IN HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. BECAUSE THE AIRMASS WILL BE UNSEASONABLY COLD...SNOW LEVELS WILL LIKELY FALL TO LOWER FOOTHILL ELEVATIONS IN THE 1000 TO 1500 FOOT RANGE OVER THE NORTH...AND THE 1500 TO 2000 FOOT RANGE IN THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS...BY SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL AFFECT MAJOR HIGHWAYS AND PASSES SUCH INTERSTATE 5 OVER THE GRAPEVINE...AND HIGHWAY 58 OVER TEHACHAPI PASS. THE EXACT AMOUNT OF MOISTURE WITH THIS SYSTEM IS QUESTIONABLE...HOWEVER SNOW AMOUNTS UP TO SEVERAL INCHES ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY. BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE LOW IS PROJECTED TO MOVE EAST OF THE AREA AND THE THREAT OF SNOW WILL END. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE...FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT. CAZ098-099-101800- INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 200 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006 ...AN UNUSUALLY COLD WEATHER SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE KERN DESERT THIS WEEKEND... A WEATHER SYSTEM ORIGINATING IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BY LATE TODAY...AND WILL LINGER THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE AIRMASS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM IS VERY COLD AND SNOW LEVELS WILL LIKELY FALL TO THE 2000 TO 2500 FOOT RANGE BY SUNDAY MORNING. THE EXACT AMOUNT OF MOISTURE WITH THIS SYSTEM IS QUESTIONABLE...HOWEVER SNOW AMOUNTS UP TO SEVERAL INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. HIGHWAYS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED BY SNOW INCLUDE U.S. 395 IN THE RED MOUNTAIN AND RANDSBURG AREA... HIGHWAY 14 FROM MOJAVE TO INYOKERN...AND HIGHWAY 58 NEAR MOJAVE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE...FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT.
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 2:00 AM PST, 6 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 200 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006 CAZ089>092-101800- WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- 200 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006 ...AN UNUSUALLY COLD WEATHER SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE VALLEY... A WEATHER SYSTEM ORIGINATING IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY...AND WILL LINGER THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE AIRMASS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM IS VERY COLD...AND WILL DESTABILIZE IF ANY BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS ALLOW FOR AFTERNOON HEATING. THIS MAY RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS BOTH TODAY AND SATURDAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY IN HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. BECAUSE THE AIRMASS WILL BE UNSEASONABLY COLD...SNOW LEVELS MAY REACH THE VALLEY FLOOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED ON THE VALLEY FLOOR...LOCAL AREAS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE FOOTHILLS...WILL HAVE THE GREATEST CHANCE OF RECEIVING MEASURABLE SNOW. THERE IS ALSO A REAL THREAT OF FROST AND POSSIBLE FREEZING CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY MORNINGS...IF SKIES CLEAR DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. TEMPERATURES MAY BOTTOM OUT IN THE UPPER 20S ON BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY MORNINGS. BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE LOW IS PROJECTED TO MOVE EAST OF THE AREA AND TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO WARM UP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE...FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT. CAZ093>095-101800- MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS- KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 200 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006 CORRECTED TYPO ...AN UNUSUALLY COLD WEATHER SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE FOOTHILLS AND KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS THIS WEEKEND... A WEATHER SYSTEM ORIGINATING IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY...AND WILL LINGER THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE AIRMASS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM IS VERY COLD...AND WILL DESTABILIZE IF ANY BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS ALLOW FOR AFTERNOON HEATING. THIS MAY RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS BOTH TODAY AND SATURDAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY IN HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. BECAUSE THE AIRMASS WILL BE UNSEASONABLY COLD...SNOW LEVELS WILL LIKELY FALL TO LOWER FOOTHILL ELEVATIONS IN THE 1000 TO 1500 FOOT RANGE OVER THE NORTH...AND THE 1500 TO 2000 FOOT RANGE IN THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS...BY SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL AFFECT MAJOR HIGHWAYS AND PASSES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 5 OVER THE GRAPEVINE...AND HIGHWAY 58 OVER TEHACHAPI PASS. THE EXACT AMOUNT OF MOISTURE WITH THIS SYSTEM IS QUESTIONABLE...HOWEVER SNOW AMOUNTS UP TO SEVERAL INCHES ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY. BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE LOW IS PROJECTED TO MOVE EAST OF THE AREA AND THE THREAT OF SNOW WILL END. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE...FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT. CAZ098-099-101800- INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 200 AM PST FRI MAR 10 2006 ...AN UNUSUALLY COLD WEATHER SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE KERN DESERT THIS WEEKEND... A WEATHER SYSTEM ORIGINATING IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BY LATE TODAY...AND WILL LINGER THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE AIRMASS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM IS VERY COLD AND SNOW LEVELS WILL LIKELY FALL TO THE 2000 TO 2500 FOOT RANGE BY SUNDAY MORNING. THE EXACT AMOUNT OF MOISTURE WITH THIS SYSTEM IS QUESTIONABLE...HOWEVER SNOW AMOUNTS UP TO SEVERAL INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. HIGHWAYS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED BY SNOW INCLUDE U.S. 395 IN THE RED MOUNTAIN AND RANDSBURG AREA... HIGHWAY 14 FROM MOJAVE TO INYOKERN...AND HIGHWAY 58 NEAR MOJAVE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE...FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT.
Event by event
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, S Sierra Mtns
- When
- March 10, 10:00 AM PST to March 11, 10:00 PM PST
- Where
- S Sierra Mtns forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Arizona, March 10 to 12, 2006
- Flooding in Indiana, March 10 to 21, 2006
- Winter Storm in California, March 10 to 11, 2006
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, March 10 to 11, 2006
- Strong Wind in Ohio, March 10, 2006
- Wildfire in Oklahoma, March 10, 2006
- Hail in California, March 10, 2006
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, March 10, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, March 10, 2006
- High Wind in New Mexico, March 10, 2006
- Winter Weather in California, March 10 to 11, 2006
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, March 10 to 11, 2006
More
Every storm in California in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in California, March 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5496233, 5496232.