A fast-moving shortwave brought light rain and snow to the Eastern Sierra Nevada and portions of Eastern California.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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 REV wrote it up.
A fast-moving shortwave brought light rain and snow to the Eastern Sierra Nevada and portions of Eastern California.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter weather, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
CO-OP observer in Bridgeport reported 0.60 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 1 March 0920PST to 2 March 0920PST. Observer elevation 6470 feet MSL.
Trained weather spotter 1-mile north-northwest of Homewood reported 2 inches of snowfall in a 24 hour period from 1 March 1000PST to 2 March 1000PST. Spotter elevation 6230 feet MSL.
Trained weather spotter 6 miles west-northwest of Bridgeport reported 7 inches of snowfall in a 24 hour period from 1 March 1100PST to 2 March 1100PST. Spotter elevation 7200 feet MSL.
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, March 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: 827214, 827212, 827206.