California, 2017

Heavy Snow in California, January 7, 2017

January 7, 2017 · NWS MFR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Another in a series of strong storms brought heavy snow to northern California. Many motor vehicle collisions and power outages were reported.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 MFR wrote it up.

Another in a series of strong storms brought heavy snow to northern California. Many motor vehicle collisions and power outages were reported.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 6, 8:00 PM PST, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 8:00 PM PST, 4 hours before
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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, South Central Siskiyou County

When
January 7, 12:00 AM PST to 11:37 AM PST
Where
South Central Siskiyou County forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
41.593, -122.540 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A spotter 2SSW Weed reported 5.0 inches of snow in 9 hours ending at 07/0855 PST. A spotter in Mount Shasta City reported 7.0 inches of snow in 9 hours as of 07/0915 PST and an additional 3.0 inches as of 07/1137 PST. A spotter 3SSE Mount Shasta City reported 11.0 inches of snow in 10 hours ending at 07/1000 PST. A spotter 2S Mount Shasta City reported 10.5 inches of snow in 10 hours ending at 07/1039 PST. A spotter 1WSW Mount Shasta City reported 8.0 inches of snow in 4 hours ending at 07/1045 PST. The cooperative observer at Dunsmuir reported 11.5 inches of snow in 24 hours ending at 07/0800 PST.

What these are

Heavy Snow
Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 668126.