California, 2024Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, February 1, 2024
February 1, 2024 · NWS VEF · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
Low pressure moving in from the Pacific brought heavy snow to the southern Sierra and isolated high winds to the Colorado River Valley.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Low pressure moving in from the Pacific brought heavy snow to the southern Sierra and isolated high winds to the Colorado River Valley.
What forecasters said that day
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 Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 31, 8:46 PM PST, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 8:46 PM PST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
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</html>Heavy Snow, Eastern Sierra Slopes of Inyo County
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM PST to 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Eastern Sierra Slopes of Inyo County forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 36.511, -117.411 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Aspendell received 9.75 of new snow.
High Wind, San Bernardino County-Upper Colorado River Valley
- When
- February 1, 12:50 PM PST to 1:00 PM PST
- Where
- San Bernardino County-Upper Colorado River Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.841, -116.178 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
These gusts occurred at Needles (KEED).
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flooding and Heavy Snow in California, February 1 to 2, 202465 kt wind · 48 events
- Drought in Iowa, February 1 to 29, 202444 events
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 1 to 4, 202437 events
- Drought in New Mexico, February 1 to 29, 202436 events
- Drought in Mississippi, February 1 to 29, 202421 events
- Drought in New Mexico, February 1 to 29, 202417 events
- Drought in Nebraska, February 1 to 29, 202416 events
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 1 to 4, 202412 events
- Drought in Tennessee, February 1 to 29, 202410 events
- Drought in Kansas, February 1 to 29, 20249 events
- Drought in Iowa, February 1 to 29, 20248 events
- Drought in Tennessee, February 1 to 29, 20248 events
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: 1162684, 1162685.