Heavy Snow, Kern Cty Mtns
- When
- January 28, 6:00 AM PST to 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Kern Cty Mtns forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
Heavy Snow in California, January 28, 2007
An upper level low-pressure center that moved down the west coast produced a moist southerly flow across the Central California Interior. 5-8 inches of snow fell on the Southern Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains on the morning of the 28th.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
An upper level low-pressure center that moved down the west coast produced a moist southerly flow across the Central California Interior. 5-8 inches of snow fell on the Southern Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains on the morning of the 28th.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, S Sierra Mtns
- When
- January 28, 6:00 AM PST to 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- S Sierra Mtns forecast zone
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
Heavy Snow, Tulare Cty Mtns
- When
- January 28, 6:00 AM PST to 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Tulare Cty Mtns forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
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
- Extreme Cold in Illinois, January 28 to 31, 2007
- Flood in Indiana, January 28 to 31, 2007
- Lake-Effect Snow in Ohio, January 28 to 29, 2007
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Hawaii, January 28 to 31, 2007
- Lake-Effect Snow in Pennsylvania, January 28 to 29, 2007
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 28 to 31, 2007
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, January 28 to 29, 2007
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 28 to 29, 2007
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 28 to 29, 2007
- Winter Weather in Virginia, January 28 to 29, 2007
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 28, 2007
- Lake-Effect Snow and Winter Weather in Michigan, January 28, 2007
More
Every storm in California in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 2007
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: 6845, 6847, 6848.