The storm that reached the central California interior at the end of January heralded a week of unsettled weather for the region. February 1st saw low-level clouds banked against the San Joaquin Valley-facing slopes of the mountains in Kern and Tulare Counties, with clouds pushing into the Tehachapi Pass. The next day, a low-pressure system dropped south along the northern California coast, bringing precipitation to the region during the afternoon. This was a cold system, with the snow level down to around 3000 feet (and even lower in stronger snow showers). Yet despite the cold, unstable airmass, cloud cover inhibited thunderstorm development.
Despite the generally light rainfall amounts on the San Joaquin Valley floor, there was enough boundary-layer moisture to trigger patchy dense fog development in eastern Kings and western Tulare Counties (where the heaviest rain had fallen) around sunrise on February 3rd. Over the mountains, clouds rimmed the San Joaquin Valley and isolated showers were reported over the Southern Sierra Nevada.
Low temperatures in the central and southern San Joaquin Valley dropped below freezing during the morning of February 4th, with patchy frost reported in the coldest rural areas. These cold low temperatures continued the next morning, then clouds associated with the first major winter storm of the season arrived during the afternoon of the 5th.
The storm brought moderate to heavy rain to the central and southern San Joaquin Valley on February 6th, except for the strongly rain-shadowed south end of the Valley. Fresno received 0.80 inch of rain on the 6th, nearly two thirds of the total for November through January of 1.26 inch. In sharp contrast, Bakersfield only recorded 0.04 inch, one twentieth of Fresno���s amount. Heavy snow fell in the Southern Sierra Nevada, with the snotel at Big Meadows receiving an estimated two feet of new snow, with Dana Meadows getting only a few inches less.
Unsettled weather continued through February 10th. As upper-level impulses moved over the area, periods of light showers continued across the central California interior. However, rainfall amounts, even when totaled from February 7th through the 10th, were considerably less than on the 6th. In the Southern Sierra Nevada, an estimated 4 to 7 inches of additional snow fell above 9000 feet. Further south, a mix of rain and snow was reported on February 7th near Bear Valley Springs in the Tehachapi Mountains.

Heavy Rain in KERN, CALIFORNIA
From 07-FEB-14 11:40:00 to 07-FEB-14 11:40:00 (PST-8)
Location: ROWEN
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

A rain and snow mix.  Heavy rain also occurred during a 24 hour period in Bear Valley Springs.

Heavy Rain in KERN, CALIFORNIA
From 07-FEB-14 11:35:00 to 07-FEB-14 11:35:00 (PST-8)
Location: LAKE ISABELLA
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Heavy rainfall in Lake Isabella.

Flood in TULARE, CALIFORNIA
From 06-FEB-14 12:56:00 to 06-FEB-14 13:56:00 (PST-8)
Location: TRAVER
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Flooding on SR 99 and 384 near Traver.

Heavy Rain in MARIPOSA, CALIFORNIA
From 06-FEB-14 08:19:00 to 06-FEB-14 08:19:00 (PST-8)
Location: ELLIOTT CORNER
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Trained spotter reported 0.22 inches of rain in Ponderosa Basin.

Heavy Rain in FRESNO, CALIFORNIA
From 06-FEB-14 11:15:00 to 06-FEB-14 11:15:00 (PST-8)
Location: GLORIETTA
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Spotter reported heavy rain with 0.89 inches in Clovis.

Heavy Rain in FRESNO, CALIFORNIA
From 06-FEB-14 12:40:00 to 06-FEB-14 12:40:00 (PST-8)
Location: GLORIETTA
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Heavy rain  in Clovis with 1.05 inches.

Heavy Rain in FRESNO, CALIFORNIA
From 06-FEB-14 12:55:00 to 06-FEB-14 12:55:00 (PST-8)
Location: MELVIN
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

One inch of new rainfall in Clovis.

Heavy Rain in KERN, CALIFORNIA
From 07-FEB-14 08:41:00 to 07-FEB-14 08:41:00 (PST-8)
Location: GLENNVILLE
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Heavy rain with 0.66 inches.

Heavy Rain in MARIPOSA, CALIFORNIA
From 07-FEB-14 09:26:00 to 07-FEB-14 09:26:00 (PST-8)
Location: ELLIOTT CORNER
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Twenty six hundredths of an inch reported by a spotter.

Frost/Freeze in W CENTRAL S.J. VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
From 05-FEB-14 02:00:00 to 05-FEB-14 08:00:00 (PST-8)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Frost/Freeze in E CENTRAL S.J. VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
From 05-FEB-14 02:00:00 to 05-FEB-14 08:00:00 (PST-8)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Frost/Freeze in SW S.J. VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
From 05-FEB-14 02:00:00 to 05-FEB-14 08:00:00 (PST-8)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Frost/Freeze in SE S.J. VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
From 05-FEB-14 02:00:00 to 05-FEB-14 08:00:00 (PST-8)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Winter Weather in S SIERRA MTNS, CALIFORNIA
From 06-FEB-14 04:00:00 to 08-FEB-14 04:00:00 (PST-8)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Park/Forest Service

Winter Weather in TULARE CTY MTNS, CALIFORNIA
From 06-FEB-14 04:00:00 to 08-FEB-14 04:00:00 (PST-8)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Park/Forest Service