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Heavy Snow in Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains, California

Heavy Snow January 9, 1998 – January 10, 1998 · Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains, California

What the National Weather Service wrote

8 inches of new snow at the higher elevations.

The wider storm

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 5627985. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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