This entry has the conclusion of the winter storm that began on January 31st.
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.
The episode as NWS STO wrote it up.
This entry has the conclusion of the winter storm that began on January 31st.
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.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 700 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-011500- SHASTA LAKE AREA/NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- BURNEY BASIN/EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTIES- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-MOTHERLODE- EAST FOOTHILLS/NORTH SACRAMENTO VALLEY- WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- 700 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY PACIFIC COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES AND GUSTY WINDS. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AS LOW AS 2000 TO 2500 FEET ACROSS THE NORTH STATE TODAY SO THE FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN SACRAMENTO WILL GET SOME SNOW TODAY. * WINTER STORM WARNING.......SEE WWUS46 KSTO - WSWSTO FOR DETAILS * * SNOW ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS46 KSTO - WSWSTO FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ANOTHER PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LATE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT (LOWER CASE): HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/STO
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
This is the conclusion of a storm that began on January 31st. Criteria was met in the January data. Snow levels were near 2500 feet with four to eight inches of snow and winds gusting to 30 mph.
This is the conclusion of a storm that began on January 31st. Criteria was met in the January data. Four to ten inches of snow fell at the lower elevations with ten to twenty inches falling at the higher elevations. Winds gusted to 45 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 2008
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: 111631, 111632.