Attention then turned to a significant winter storm that brought widespread snow impacts across the Sierra and western Nevada Sunday into early next week.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 REV wrote it up.
Attention then turned to a significant winter storm that brought widespread snow impacts across the Sierra and western Nevada Sunday into early next week.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 heavy snow, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The public located at the Northstar Ski Base, CA, the Heavenly Ski Base, CA, and the Palisades Tahoe Ski Base, CA, reported storm total snowfall amounts of 27.0 inches, 14.0 inches, and 13.0 inches respectively.
The public located at the Mammoth Mountain Ski Base, CA, the June Lake Ski Base, CA, and a trained spotter located 1.0 mi SW of Tom's Place, CA, reported 24 hour storm total snowfall amounts of 33.0 inches, 31.0 inches, 12.0 inches respectively.
A trained spotter located 5.0 mi WNW of Susanville, CA, reported a 24 hour storm total snowfall amount of 13.5 inches.
Mesonet station (MTH03-MAMMOTH) located 1.7 mi S of Mammoth Mountain, CA, reported a peak wind gust of 125 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 2024
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: 1166673, 1166674, 1166672, 1166671.