3,441 first-hand accounts of flood events in California, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A late season Atmospheric River impacted the area in early April. A very moist airmass made landfall across the North Bay before moving southward across the rest of the Bay Area. The Oakland sounding measured record PWAT values of 1.69.
Read the full account →A late season Atmospheric River impacted the area in early April. A very moist airmass made landfall across the North Bay before moving southward across the rest of the Bay Area. The Oakland sounding measured record PWAT values of 1.69.
Read the full account →A late season Atmospheric River impacted the area in early April. A very moist airmass made landfall across the North Bay before moving southward across the rest of the Bay Area. The Oakland sounding measured record PWAT values of 1.69.
Read the full account →A late season Atmospheric River impacted the area in early April. A very moist airmass made landfall across the North Bay before moving southward across the rest of the Bay Area. The Oakland sounding measured record PWAT values of 1.69.
Read the full account →A late season Atmospheric River impacted the area in early April. A very moist airmass made landfall across the North Bay before moving southward across the rest of the Bay Area. The Oakland sounding measured record PWAT values of 1.69.
Read the full account →A late season Atmospheric River impacted the area in early April. A very moist airmass made landfall across the North Bay before moving southward across the rest of the Bay Area. The Oakland sounding measured record PWAT values of 1.69.
Read the full account →A late season Atmospheric River impacted the area in early April. A very moist airmass made landfall across the North Bay before moving southward across the rest of the Bay Area. The Oakland sounding measured record PWAT values of 1.69.
Read the full account →A late season Atmospheric River impacted the area in early April. A very moist airmass made landfall across the North Bay before moving southward across the rest of the Bay Area. The Oakland sounding measured record PWAT values of 1.69.
Read the full account →A late season Atmospheric River impacted the area in early April. A very moist airmass made landfall across the North Bay before moving southward across the rest of the Bay Area. The Oakland sounding measured record PWAT values of 1.69.
Read the full account →A late season Atmospheric River impacted the area in early April. A very moist airmass made landfall across the North Bay before moving southward across the rest of the Bay Area. The Oakland sounding measured record PWAT values of 1.69.
Read the full account →A late season Atmospheric River impacted the area in early April. A very moist airmass made landfall across the North Bay before moving southward across the rest of the Bay Area. The Oakland sounding measured record PWAT values of 1.69.
Read the full account →A late season Atmospheric River impacted the area in early April. A very moist airmass made landfall across the North Bay before moving southward across the rest of the Bay Area. The Oakland sounding measured record PWAT values of 1.69.
Read the full account →A late season Atmospheric River impacted the area in early April. A very moist airmass made landfall across the North Bay before moving southward across the rest of the Bay Area. The Oakland sounding measured record PWAT values of 1.69.
Read the full account →After a significant dry period of 45 straight dry days across most of the central California interior. A low pressure system pushed inland over northern California on November 21 and brought a period of generally light to moderate precipitation to the area from the afternoon of…
Read the full account →After a significant dry period of 45 straight dry days across most of the central California interior. A low pressure system pushed inland over northern California on November 21 and brought a period of generally light to moderate precipitation to the area from the afternoon of…
Read the full account →After a significant dry period of 45 straight dry days across most of the central California interior. A low pressure system pushed inland over northern California on November 21 and brought a period of generally light to moderate precipitation to the area from the afternoon of…
Read the full account →January 2018 began with strong high pressure dominating over Central California. The high broke down by the 4th as a low pressure system pushed through Northern California bringing generally light precipitation to the area although a few locations picked up between a quarter and…
Read the full account →January 2018 began with strong high pressure dominating over Central California. The high broke down by the 4th as a low pressure system pushed through Northern California bringing generally light precipitation to the area although a few locations picked up between a quarter and…
Read the full account →January 2018 began with strong high pressure dominating over Central California. The high broke down by the 4th as a low pressure system pushed through Northern California bringing generally light precipitation to the area although a few locations picked up between a quarter and…
Read the full account →A moderate strength trough of low pressure swept through the SoCal Bight with gusty winds, mountain snow and heavy rainfall. Rainfall totals of 1-2 inches occurred over the coast and valleys, with isolated amounts of 6-8 inches along favored coastal slopes.
Read the full account →A moderate strength trough of low pressure swept through the SoCal Bight with gusty winds, mountain snow and heavy rainfall. Rainfall totals of 1-2 inches occurred over the coast and valleys, with isolated amounts of 6-8 inches along favored coastal slopes.
Read the full account →A moderate strength trough of low pressure swept through the SoCal Bight with gusty winds, mountain snow and heavy rainfall. Rainfall totals of 1-2 inches occurred over the coast and valleys, with isolated amounts of 6-8 inches along favored coastal slopes.
Read the full account →Torrential rain from an atmospheric river with locally heavy convective showers brought flash flooding to portions of the northern Sierra and Motherlode foothills.
Read the full account →A trough of low pressure swept in from the west. It was accompanied by a plume of subtropical moisture and a weak Pacific cold front. Moderate rain began before day break on the 22nd and continued through most of the day in the Inland Empire and along the coastal slopes.
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