A weak storm system brought accumulating mountain snow to the region. The snow accumulation for this event generally ranged from 2 to 12 inches for elevations over 5000 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 STO wrote it up.
A weak storm system brought accumulating mountain snow to the region. The snow accumulation for this event generally ranged from 2 to 12 inches for elevations over 5000 feet.
2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Many ski resorts across the Sierra reported 5 to 12 inches of snow accumulation from this winter storm. Elevations were generally above 5000 feet.
Caltrans reported 2 to 8 inches of new snow accumulation at various stations across the Sierra, mainly for elevations above 5000 feet.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2020Every state in 2020This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 2020
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: 878803, 878810.