Winter Storm, Mt Shasta/Western Plumas County
- When
- November 7, 7:00 AM PST to 1:30 PM PST
- Where
- Mt Shasta/Western Plumas County forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
Twelve to eighteen inches of snow fell at elevations above 7000 feet.
Winter Storm in California, November 7 to 8, 2010
A fast moving winter storm brought snow to the higher elevations of the northern Sierra Nevada Mountains.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 STO wrote it up.
A fast moving winter storm brought snow to the higher elevations of the northern Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Event by event
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada
- When
- November 7, 9:00 AM PST to November 8, 1:00 AM PST
- Where
- West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
Up to two feet of snow fell at the higher elevations. Snowfall amounts include twenty inches at Carson Pass and fourteen inches at Forestdale (in Alpine County), eleven inches at Kirkwood ski resort (in El Dorado County), six inches at CSSL and three inches at Kingvale (in Nevada County), and twelve inches at Boreal ski resort and eight inches at Sugar Bowl ski resort (in Placer County).
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
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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: 269922, 269926.