3,441 first-hand accounts of flood events in California, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A strong Pacific storm system moved through central California on March 2. Light precipitation began ahead of the storm during the evening of March 1 then became moderate to locally heavy during the morning of March 2.
Read the full account →A strong and very moist upper low pressure system approached the central California coast on March 5. This system pulled up a deep fetch of moisture of sub-tropical origin which pushed into the area during the evening of March 5 then stalled over the southern portion of central…
Read the full account →A strong and very moist upper low pressure system approached the central California coast on March 5. This system pulled up a deep fetch of moisture of sub-tropical origin which pushed into the area during the evening of March 5 then stalled over the southern portion of central…
Read the full account →A strong Pacific storm system moved through central California on March 2. Light precipitation began ahead of the storm during the evening of March 1 then became moderate to locally heavy during the morning of March 2.
Read the full account →A strong Pacific storm system moved through central California on March 2. Light precipitation began ahead of the storm during the evening of March 1 then became moderate to locally heavy during the morning of March 2.
Read the full account →A strong and very moist upper low pressure system approached the central California coast on March 5. This system pulled up a deep fetch of moisture of sub-tropical origin which pushed into the area during the evening of March 5 then stalled over the southern portion of central…
Read the full account →A strong and very moist upper low pressure system approached the central California coast on March 5. This system pulled up a deep fetch of moisture of sub-tropical origin which pushed into the area during the evening of March 5 then stalled over the southern portion of central…
Read the full account →Following the departure of the warm and very moist system which brought heavy rain to portions of the area on March 6, a cold upper trough approached the area on March 7 and moved through the region during the morning of March 8.
Read the full account →A strong and very moist upper low pressure system approached the central California coast on March 5. This system pulled up a deep fetch of moisture of sub-tropical origin which pushed into the area during the evening of March 5 then stalled over the southern portion of central…
Read the full account →A strong and very moist upper low pressure system approached the central California coast on March 5. This system pulled up a deep fetch of moisture of sub-tropical origin which pushed into the area during the evening of March 5 then stalled over the southern portion of central…
Read the full account →A strong and very moist upper low pressure system approached the central California coast on March 5. This system pulled up a deep fetch of moisture of sub-tropical origin which pushed into the area during the evening of March 5 then stalled over the southern portion of central…
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure system moved inland over southern California on April 29. This system wrapped moisture northward into central California which produced scattered showers and thunderstorms mostly over Kern County.
Read the full account →Another weak atmospheric river moved over SoCal between March 6-11, bringing light to moderate rain, significant lightning and snow between 5000 and 7000 ft. Urban rainfall impacts from heavier rain showers occurred in the Inland Empire.
Read the full account →Another weak atmospheric river moved over SoCal between March 6-11, bringing light to moderate rain, significant lightning and snow between 5000 and 7000 ft. Urban rainfall impacts from heavier rain showers occurred in the Inland Empire.
Read the full account →Another weak atmospheric river moved over SoCal between March 6-11, bringing light to moderate rain, significant lightning and snow between 5000 and 7000 ft. Urban rainfall impacts from heavier rain showers occurred in the Inland Empire.
Read the full account →Temperatures began to recover our the area on May 28 following unseasonably cool days on May 26 and 27. The last three days of the month had fairly seasonable temperatures, but with abundant low level moisture from the recent rainfall, afternoon showers and thunderstorms were…
Read the full account →A cold low pressure system dropped southwestward from the northern Rocky Mountain region through the Great Basin on May 9 and into central California by the morning of May 10 which destabilized the airmass over the area and produced showers and thunderstorms across the area.
Read the full account →A cold low pressure system dropped southwestward from the northern Rocky Mountain region through the Great Basin on May 9 and into central California by the morning of May 10 which destabilized the airmass over the area and produced showers and thunderstorms across the area.
Read the full account →A cold low pressure system dropped southwestward from the northern Rocky Mountain region through the Great Basin on May 9 and into central California by the morning of May 10 which destabilized the airmass over the area and produced showers and thunderstorms across the area.
Read the full account →A cold low pressure system dropped southwestward from the northern Rocky Mountain region through the Great Basin on May 9 and into central California by the morning of May 10 which destabilized the airmass over the area and produced showers and thunderstorms across the area.
Read the full account →A cold low pressure system dropped southwestward from the northern Rocky Mountain region through the Great Basin on May 9 and into central California by the morning of May 10 which destabilized the airmass over the area and produced showers and thunderstorms across the area.
Read the full account →A cold low pressure system dropped southwestward from the northern Rocky Mountain region through the Great Basin on May 9 and into central California by the morning of May 10 which destabilized the airmass over the area and produced showers and thunderstorms across the area.
Read the full account →Temperatures began to recover our the area on May 28 following unseasonably cool days on May 26 and 27. The last three days of the month had fairly seasonable temperatures, but with abundant low level moisture from the recent rainfall, afternoon showers and thunderstorms were…
Read the full account →A cold low pressure system dropped southwestward from the northern Rocky Mountain region through the Great Basin on May 9 and into central California by the morning of May 10 which destabilized the airmass over the area and produced showers and thunderstorms across the area.
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