3,441 first-hand accounts of flood events in California, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Monsoonal thunderstorm activity occurred across Southern California from July 22 to July 29, with a major easterly wave producing widespread convection on July 25 and 26.
Read the full account →A second cold trough moved through Southern California May 19-22nd. Showers and thunderstorms occurred throughout much of the region, and snow was observed in the mountain areas.
Read the full account →Monsoonal thunderstorm activity occurred across Southern California from July 22 to July 29, with a major easterly wave producing widespread convection on July 25 and 26.
Read the full account →Monsoonal thunderstorm activity occurred across Southern California from July 22 to July 29, with a major easterly wave producing widespread convection on July 25 and 26.
Read the full account →Monsoonal thunderstorm activity occurred across Southern California from July 22 to July 29, with a major easterly wave producing widespread convection on July 25 and 26.
Read the full account →Monsoonal thunderstorm activity occurred across Southern California from July 22 to July 29, with a major easterly wave producing widespread convection on July 25 and 26.
Read the full account →Heavy rain from thunderstorms over portions of the Poomacha and Witch Creek Burn Areas caused flash flooding along several roads. It appears that this event was more of a typical flash flood event and less of a debris flow event.
Read the full account →After a brief lull in activity, a second series of troughs and Pacific fronts moved through the region between the 10th and 14th of January. Rainfall totals ranged from 0.50-1.5 inches at the coast, to 4-6 inches along the coastal slopes, to 0.25-1 inches in the deserts.
Read the full account →A low pressure system spread moisture into Merced County and into Yosemite Park on on the evening of February 9. This system moved southward on the morning of the 10th spreading heavy precipitation across the Yosemite Park area, the Mariposa County foothills and the rural areas…
Read the full account →A powerful winter storm moved across Southwestern California, bringing heavy rain and snow, strong winds and flash flooding to the area. Rainfall amounts ranged from 2 to 6 inches across coastal areas with up to around 10 inches in the local mountains.
Read the full account →A powerful winter storm moved across Southwestern California, bringing heavy rain and snow, strong winds and flash flooding to the area. Rainfall amounts ranged from 2 to 6 inches across coastal areas with up to around 10 inches in the local mountains.
Read the full account →A powerful winter storm moved across Southwestern California, bringing heavy rain and snow, strong winds and flash flooding to the area. Rainfall amounts ranged from 2 to 6 inches across coastal areas with up to around 10 inches in the local mountains.
Read the full account →After a wet start to the month, a series of 3 storms traversed the region between the 19th and 24th of January. The storms produced flooding rains, extreme mountain snowfall, and strong winds from the coast to the deserts.
Read the full account →A powerful winter storm moved across Southwestern California, bringing heavy rain and snow, strong winds and flash flooding to the area. Rainfall amounts ranged from 2 to 6 inches across coastal areas with up to around 10 inches in the local mountains.
Read the full account →A powerful winter storm moved across Southwestern California, bringing heavy rain and snow, strong winds and flash flooding to the area. Rainfall amounts ranged from 2 to 6 inches across coastal areas with up to around 10 inches in the local mountains.
Read the full account →After a wet start to the month, a series of 3 storms traversed the region between the 19th and 24th of January. The storms produced flooding rains, extreme mountain snowfall, and strong winds from the coast to the deserts.
Read the full account →After a wet start to the month, a series of 3 storms traversed the region between the 19th and 24th of January. The storms produced flooding rains, extreme mountain snowfall, and strong winds from the coast to the deserts.
Read the full account →A low pressure system spread moisture into Merced County and into Yosemite Park on on the evening of February 9. This system moved southward on the morning of the 10th spreading heavy precipitation across the Yosemite Park area, the Mariposa County foothills and the rural areas…
Read the full account →After a wet start to the month, a series of 3 storms traversed the region between the 19th and 24th of January. The storms produced flooding rains, extreme mountain snowfall, and strong winds from the coast to the deserts.
Read the full account →After a wet start to the month, a series of 3 storms traversed the region between the 19th and 24th of January. The storms produced flooding rains, extreme mountain snowfall, and strong winds from the coast to the deserts.
Read the full account →A large low pressure system which was centered off the central California Coast on the morning of April 13 lifted northeast across northern California that afternoon while an associated upper trough pushed into the western United States.
Read the full account →A long north to south oriented line of thunderstorms developed during the early afternoon hours on September 8th; it ran from the Baja spine northward through central Imperial County and into eastern Riverside County.
Read the full account →Scattered monsoon thunderstorms developed across portions of eastern Riverside County, including Joshua Tree National Park, during the early afternoon hours on August 3rd.
Read the full account →The month picked up where August left off, with an active monsoon pattern bringing periods of showers and thunderstorms to the mountains and deserts.
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