Heavy Snow in Kings Canyon Np, California

Heavy Snow March 14, 2023 – March 15, 2023 · Kings Canyon Np, California

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Charlotte Lake SNOTEL (11961 feet) picked up an estimated 19 inches of new snowfall.

The wider storm

Following the recent events which produced widespread flooding across the central California Interior, another atmospheric river plunged through the region on March 14 and 15 producing heavy precipitation, flooding and strong winds with several stations measuring gusts exceeding 60 mph. Much of the Sierra Nevada picked up another 3 to 6 inches of liquid precipitation with snow levels above 8500 feet while the adjacent foothills picked up 2 to 4 inches of rainfall while the San Joaquin Valley and West Side Hills generally picked up between 0.5 to 1.5 inches of rainfall.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1076570. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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