Heavy Snow — Mountains Southwestern Shasta County To Western Colusa County, California

2024-02-04 to 2024-02-06 · Mountains Southwestern Shasta County To Western Colusa County, California

Event narrative

Nearby CoCoRaHS reported storm total snow amounts of 3 inches, 6.9 miles east-southeast of Douglas City. The National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center estimated storm total snow amounts of 4 to 30 inches.

Wider weather episode

A major winter storm moved in from the south on February 4th, bringing heavy rain, strong winds, thunderstorms and heavy mountain snow through February 7th. Damaging winds brought down trees and caused widespread power outages. Flooding and strong winds resulted in multiple fatalities. Chain controls were observed in the mountains. Heavy rain brought nuisance flooding on roads and urban areas and rises to rivers, creeks and streams, with generally 1 to 3 inches of storm total rain reported across the Valley and foothills.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1162806. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.