A strong storm brought considerable precipitation and wind to the region. Snow amounts at the higher elevations were significant, with storm totals of 1 to 2 feet of snow above 7000 feet.
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.
A strong storm brought considerable precipitation and wind to the region. Snow amounts at the higher elevations were significant, with storm totals of 1 to 2 feet of snow above 7000 feet. Winds gusted to 60 mph.
5 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy snow fell over the higher mountain passes and peaks. Snow levels were near 5000 feet with 1 to 2 feet of snow measured at locations above 7000 feet at several northern Sierra Nevada ski resorts.
A winter storm brought four to eight inches of snow to the area.
A winter storm brought four to eight inches of snow to the area.
Heavy snow fell over the higher mountain passes and peaks. Snow levels were near 5000 feet with a foot or more of snow measured above 7000 feet.
A winter storm brought four to eight inches of snow to the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 2010
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: 206786, 252198, 252199, 206787, 252197.