A storm brought snow which caused chain controls and travel problems, particularly on Highway 50 and I80, which were heavily traveled due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
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 storm brought snow which caused chain controls and travel problems, particularly on Highway 50 and I80, which were heavily traveled due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Chain controls and travel slowdowns were reported by Caltrans, impacting holiday travel prior to Thanksgiving. There was 5 inches of snow measured at Kingvale, 6 inches at Donner Pass.
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