A cold and powerful winter storm brought significant winter storm conditions to the Antelope Valley as well as the mountains of Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties. Snow levels bottomed out to between 2000 and 3000 feet.
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 LOX wrote it up.
A cold and powerful winter storm brought significant winter storm conditions to the Antelope Valley as well as the mountains of Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties. Snow levels bottomed out to between 2000 and 3000 feet. Across the Antelope Valley, snowfall totals of 3 to 7 inches were reported. In the mountains, snowfall totals up to 34 inches were recorded. Additionally, gusty winds in excess of 50 MPH were reported.
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 Los Angeles, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 27, 3:05 PM PST, 19 hours 55 minutes earlier.
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</html>3 winter storm, 1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy snow blanketed the Antelope Valley as snow levels dropped to around 2000 feet. Weather spotters reported between 3 and 7 inches of snowfall, both in the foothills as well as the valley floor. Significant travel issues were reported, including the closure of Highway 138.
Heavy snowfall and gusty winds impacted the mountains of Ventura county. Snow levels dropped to between 2000 and 3000 feet. Snowfall totals ranged between 12 and 24 inches above 5000 feet with 6-12 inches down to around 3000 feet. Additionally, gusty winds in excess of 50 MPH were reported. These winter storm conditions resulted in significant travel issues, including closure of parts of Highway 33.
Heavy snowfall and gusty winds impacted the mountains of Los Angeles county. Snow levels dropped to between 2000 and 3000 feet. Snowfall totals ranged between 24 and 34 inches above 6000 feet with 6-12 inches down to around 4000 feet. Additionally, gusty winds in excess of 50 MPH were reported. These winter storm conditions resulted in significant travel issues, including closure of parts of interstate 5, Highway 14 and Highway 138.
Heavy snowfall and gusty winds impacted the mountains of Santa Barbara county. Snow levels dropped to between 2000 and 3000 feet. Estimated snowfall totals ranged between 6 and 16 inches. Additionally, gusty winds in excess of 50 MPH were reported.
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, November 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: 863904, 863907, 863908, 863909.