Heavy Snow — Kern County Mountains, California

1998-02-19 to 1998-02-20 · Kern County Mountains, California

Wider weather episode

Significant snowfall occurred throughout the Central California Mountain Areas beginning 2/19 and into 2/20/98. Mammoth Mountain reported 10" of new snow...Fish Camp in Mariposa County had 16" of new snow in the 24 hours preceding 0750 PST 02/20/98 and still snowing at 0944 PST 02/20/98 at Wawona. Sierra Summit in Fresno County had 15" of new snow overnight by 0705 PST 2/20/98. Badger Pass snow depth by this time in excess of 114" of packed snow. In the Tehachapi Mountains of Kern County 5" of new snow fell and accumulated in the Tehachapi Valley by 0645 PST 02/20/98.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5639101. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.