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California Flood Stories

3,441 first-hand accounts of flood events in California, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

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Santa Cruz, CA · Dec 1, 2019

A low pressure system moving in from the Gulf of Alaska and drawing in moisture from the tropics combined to bring the first atmospheric river event of the winter season to the Greater Bay Area.

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Alameda, CA · Dec 5, 2019

A low pressure system moving in from the Gulf of Alaska and drawing in moisture from the tropics combined to bring the first atmospheric river event of the winter season to the Greater Bay Area.

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San Diego, CA · Dec 26, 2019

A series of low pressure systems from the north and northwest, plus a weak tap into atmospheric river moisture, brought rain, mountain snow, and gusty winds to Southern California.

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Kern, CA · Dec 26, 2019

A strong and very cold low pressure system dropped southward along the California coast on Christmas Day bringing some light precipitation inland into central California.

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Monterey, CA · Dec 1, 2019

A low pressure system moving in from the Gulf of Alaska and drawing in moisture from the tropics combined to bring the first atmospheric river event of the winter season to the Greater Bay Area.

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Monterey, CA · Dec 1, 2019

A low pressure system moving in from the Gulf of Alaska and drawing in moisture from the tropics combined to bring the first atmospheric river event of the winter season to the Greater Bay Area.

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Marin, CA · Dec 1, 2019

A low pressure system moving in from the Gulf of Alaska and drawing in moisture from the tropics combined to bring the first atmospheric river event of the winter season to the Greater Bay Area.

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Kern, CA · Dec 26, 2019

A strong and very cold low pressure system dropped southward along the California coast on Christmas Day bringing some light precipitation inland into central California.

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Santa Clara, CA · Dec 1, 2019

A low pressure system moving in from the Gulf of Alaska and drawing in moisture from the tropics combined to bring the first atmospheric river event of the winter season to the Greater Bay Area.

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Monterey, CA · Dec 2, 2019

A low pressure system moving in from the Gulf of Alaska and drawing in moisture from the tropics combined to bring the first atmospheric river event of the winter season to the Greater Bay Area.

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Marin, CA · Dec 2, 2019

A low pressure system moving in from the Gulf of Alaska and drawing in moisture from the tropics combined to bring the first atmospheric river event of the winter season to the Greater Bay Area.

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San Diego, CA · Dec 26, 2019

A series of low pressure systems from the north and northwest, plus a weak tap into atmospheric river moisture, brought rain, mountain snow, and gusty winds to Southern California.

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Kern, CA · Dec 26, 2019

A strong and very cold low pressure system dropped southward along the California coast on Christmas Day bringing some light precipitation inland into central California.

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Santa Clara, CA · Dec 2, 2019

A low pressure system moving in from the Gulf of Alaska and drawing in moisture from the tropics combined to bring the first atmospheric river event of the winter season to the Greater Bay Area.

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Monterey, CA · Dec 2, 2019

A low pressure system moving in from the Gulf of Alaska and drawing in moisture from the tropics combined to bring the first atmospheric river event of the winter season to the Greater Bay Area.

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Monterey, CA · Dec 2, 2019

A low pressure system moving in from the Gulf of Alaska and drawing in moisture from the tropics combined to bring the first atmospheric river event of the winter season to the Greater Bay Area.

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Madera, CA · Dec 4, 2019

A low pressure system moved through central California during the morning of December 4 producing widespread precipitation across the area. Several stations in the San Joaquin Valley measured between a third of an inch and two thirds of an inch of rainfall with a few locations…

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Kern, CA · Dec 26, 2019

A strong and very cold low pressure system dropped southward along the California coast on Christmas Day bringing some light precipitation inland into central California.

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Monterey, CA · Dec 2, 2019

A low pressure system moving in from the Gulf of Alaska and drawing in moisture from the tropics combined to bring the first atmospheric river event of the winter season to the Greater Bay Area.

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Monterey, CA · Dec 2, 2019

A low pressure system moving in from the Gulf of Alaska and drawing in moisture from the tropics combined to bring the first atmospheric river event of the winter season to the Greater Bay Area.

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Monterey, CA · Dec 4, 2019

A low pressure system moving in from the Gulf of Alaska and drawing in moisture from the tropics combined to bring the first atmospheric river event of the winter season to the Greater Bay Area.

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Kern, CA · Dec 4, 2019

A low pressure system moved through central California during the morning of December 4 producing widespread precipitation across the area. Several stations in the San Joaquin Valley measured between a third of an inch and two thirds of an inch of rainfall with a few locations…

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Kern, CA · Dec 4, 2019

A low pressure system moved through central California during the morning of December 4 producing widespread precipitation across the area. Several stations in the San Joaquin Valley measured between a third of an inch and two thirds of an inch of rainfall with a few locations…

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Kern, CA · Dec 26, 2019

A strong and very cold low pressure system dropped southward along the California coast on Christmas Day bringing some light precipitation inland into central California.

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