A weather system moved in from the west early Wednesday afternoon bringing widespread rain to the Valley with heavy snow over the mountains. Periods of chain controls were observed in the mountains.
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 weather system moved in from the west early Wednesday afternoon bringing widespread rain to the Valley with heavy snow over the mountains. Periods of chain controls were observed in the mountains.
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Lower Lassen Peak HADS station reported 11.3 inches of snow in 24 hours from February 19th, at an elevation of 8234 ft. Two CoCoRaHS in Chester reported 4 and 5 inches of snow from February 14th into February 15th. The National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center estimated 8 to 24 inches over 48 hours.
A CoCoRaHS reporter in Truckee reported 8.5 inches from February 14th into February 15th. A second CoCoRaHS reporter in Tahoma reported 7.0 inches from February 14th into February 15th. The National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center estimated 6 to 18 inches over 48 hours. Ski Resorts reported 6 to 16 inches over 36 hours. CalTrans reported 11 inches at Kingvale and 12 inches at Yuba Pass over 36 hours. The sensor at Meadow Lake at elevation 7200' estimates 17 inches over 36 hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 1164622, 1164623.