Heavy Snow — Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains, California

1998-01-09 to 1998-01-10 · Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains, California

Event narrative

8 inches of new snow at the higher elevations.

Wider weather episode

January began a very wet time for the Central California area with January having 16 days of measureable precipitation at Fresno, CA. The subsequent month of February continued with 13 of the first 16 days having precipitation and resulted in widespread flooding problems.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5627985. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.