A heavy snow event in the Sierra Nevada continued into the early morning hours of March 1st. Most of the snow fell on February 28th.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 VEF wrote it up.
A heavy snow event in the Sierra Nevada continued into the early morning hours of March 1st. Most of the snow fell on February 28th.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
This represents the last four hours of an event which began on February 28th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in California, March 2014
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: 496533.