A storm system brought mountain snow and Valley rain to the region on December 22 and 23. Moderate to heavy snow occurred for several hours making travel conditions difficult.
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 system brought mountain snow and Valley rain to the region on December 22 and 23. Moderate to heavy snow occurred for several hours making travel conditions difficult.
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 Sacramento, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 22, 3:51 AM PST, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.
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Bear Valley Ski Resort reported 13 inches of new snow over a 24 hour period on December 23. The elevation of the snow report is 8500 feet.
Kirkwood Mountain Ski Resort reported 13 inches of new snow over a 24 hour period on December 23. The elevation of the snow report is 7690 feet.
Sierra-at-Tahoe Ski Resort reported 5 inches of new snow over a 24 hour period on December 23. The elevation of the snow report is 8852 feet.
Tahoe Donner Ski Resort reported 5 inches of new snow over a 24 hour period on December 23. The elevation of the snow report is 7350 feet.
Dodge Ridge Ski Resort reported 11 inches of new snow over a 24 hour period on December 23. The elevation of the snow report is 8200 feet.
Soda Spring Ski Resort reported 5 inches of new snow over a 24 hour period on December 22. The elevation of the snow report is 7300 feet.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in California, December 2019
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: 869302, 869303, 869304, 869306, 869307, 869301.