California, 2024

Heavy Snow in California, February 19 to 20, 2024

February 19 to 20, 2024 · NWS VEF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A Pacific low pressure system directed an atmospheric river into the Sierra, producing heavy snow on the eastern slopes.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.

A Pacific low pressure system directed an atmospheric river into the Sierra, producing heavy snow on the eastern slopes.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Eastern Sierra Slopes of Inyo County

When
February 19, 12:00 AM PST to February 20, 6:00 AM 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 39.8 of new snow.

What these are

Heavy Snow
Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

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Sources

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1162705.