Another winter storm brought scattered to widespread mountain snow showers to the region. Snow levels dropped roughly 3000 to 4000 feet with most accumulation, 7 to 12 inches, occurring above 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.
Another winter storm brought scattered to widespread mountain snow showers to the region. Snow levels dropped roughly 3000 to 4000 feet with most accumulation, 7 to 12 inches, occurring above 5000 feet. For the lower elevations spotters reported anywhere from a trace to 5 inches of snow.
4 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Caltrans reported 12 inches of new snow at their Soda Springs location, 7 inches of snow in Kingvale, and 8 inches of snow at Highway 108 Sno Park.
Caltrans reported 2 inches of new snow at their Longbarn location and 4 inches of snow at the Cabbage Patch location.
Trained spotters reported 4 inches of snow at Kyburz and 2 inches of snow at Pacfic House.
Trained spotter reported 4.5 inches of snow in Chester.
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, March 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: 883303, 883304, 883306, 883307.