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Heavy Snow — West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada, California
March 27, 2023 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
Ski resorts reported storm total snow amounts of 23 inches at Kirkwood, 19 inches at Sugar Bowl, and 17 inches at Sierra at Tahoe. Caltrans District 3 reported storm total snow amounts of 23.5 inches at Kingvale, 21 inches at Soda Springs, and 18 inches at Eagle Lakes. The National Operational Hydrological Remote Sensing Center's gridded snowfall analysis estimated 6 to 30 inches over the west slope northern Sierra Nevada over 72 hours. 1 death was reported by broadcast media in Alta, CA where a man died from a collapsed snow bank, trapping him next to a generator and exposing him to carbon monoxide. Interstate 80 was closed intermittently on 3/28 due to winter weather conditions and multiple spinouts.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.