California, 2006

Winter Weather in California, March 14 to 16, 2006

March 14 to 16, 2006 · NWS HNX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 winter weather, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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 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 14, 2:30 AM PST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 2:30 AM PST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 4:32 AM PST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
432 AM PST TUE MAR 14 2006

CAZ096-151235-
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
432 AM PST TUE MAR 14 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SIERRA NEVADA FROM
YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE /WWUS46 KHNX...
SFOWSWHNX/ FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

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>095-097>099-151235-
WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS-
KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-
SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT-
432 AM PST TUE MAR 14 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN
JOAQUIN VALLEY...THE SIERRA NEVADA FOOTHILLS...THE TULARE COUNTY
MOUNTAINS...AND THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERT.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

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.

DUDLEY

Event by event

1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, S Sierra Mtns

When
March 14, 7:00 AM PST to March 16, 4:00 PM PST
Where
S Sierra Mtns forecast zone
Reported by
PARK/FOREST SERVICE

Another in a line of weather systems provided up to 12" of new snow over a 24 hour period at the high elevations of the Southern Sierra Nevada.

What these are

Winter Weather
Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5499046.