Heavy snow fell at elevations above 5000 feet. Snow amounts up to 15 inches were measured at ski resorts in the northern Sierra Nevada Mountains.
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.
Heavy snow fell at elevations above 5000 feet. Snow amounts up to 15 inches were measured at ski resorts in the northern Sierra Nevada Mountains. This along with gusty winds caused significant travel difficulties on mountain roads.
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
There was 12 inches of snow measured at Chester. This coupled with gusty winds caused significant travel problems.
Northern Sierra Nevada ski resorts measured snowfall amounts of 8 to 15 inches above 5000 feet. This coupled with winds gusting up to 50 mph caused travel problems and chain controls along Interstate 80 and Highway 50.
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, March 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: 222530, 222529.