Winter Storm — Del Norte Interior, California

2017-03-04 to 2017-03-06 · Del Norte Interior, California

Event narrative

Social media report of storm total snow of 15 inches at 1850 feet elevation. An exact location is uncertain and the time in which criteria was reached is estimated based on snow reports in Humboldt County.

Wider weather episode

A winter storm brought widespread snow to interior portions of Northwest California while convective showers produced numerous swaths of small hail near the coast. Some of the hail showers resulted in travel difficulties including minor car accidents in the Humboldt Bay area.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 689829. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.