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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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Sonoma, CA · Mar 1, 2018

An upper level system with a strong cold front moved through the Bay Area at the turn of the month with precipitation beginning late the evening of the 28th. This system brought widespread rainfall causing localized roadway flooding, strong winds, lightning, and small hail.

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Marin, CA · Mar 1, 2018

An upper level system with a strong cold front moved through the Bay Area at the turn of the month with precipitation beginning late the evening of the 28th. This system brought widespread rainfall causing localized roadway flooding, strong winds, lightning, and small hail.

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Contra Costa, CA · Mar 1, 2018

An upper level system with a strong cold front moved through the Bay Area at the turn of the month with precipitation beginning late the evening of the 28th. This system brought widespread rainfall causing localized roadway flooding, strong winds, lightning, and small hail.

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Marin, CA · Mar 1, 2018

An upper level system with a strong cold front moved through the Bay Area at the turn of the month with precipitation beginning late the evening of the 28th. This system brought widespread rainfall causing localized roadway flooding, strong winds, lightning, and small hail.

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San Mateo, CA · Mar 1, 2018

An upper level system with a strong cold front moved through the Bay Area at the turn of the month with precipitation beginning late the evening of the 28th. This system brought widespread rainfall causing localized roadway flooding, strong winds, lightning, and small hail.

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Contra Costa, CA · Mar 1, 2018

An upper level system with a strong cold front moved through the Bay Area at the turn of the month with precipitation beginning late the evening of the 28th. This system brought widespread rainfall causing localized roadway flooding, strong winds, lightning, and small hail.

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San Mateo, CA · Mar 1, 2018

An upper level system with a strong cold front moved through the Bay Area at the turn of the month with precipitation beginning late the evening of the 28th. This system brought widespread rainfall causing localized roadway flooding, strong winds, lightning, and small hail.

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San Mateo, CA · Mar 1, 2018

An upper level system with a strong cold front moved through the Bay Area at the turn of the month with precipitation beginning late the evening of the 28th. This system brought widespread rainfall causing localized roadway flooding, strong winds, lightning, and small hail.

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Santa Clara, CA · Mar 1, 2018

An upper level system with a strong cold front moved through the Bay Area at the turn of the month with precipitation beginning late the evening of the 28th. This system brought widespread rainfall causing localized roadway flooding, strong winds, lightning, and small hail.

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San Francisco, CA · Mar 1, 2018

An upper level system with a strong cold front moved through the Bay Area at the turn of the month with precipitation beginning late the evening of the 28th. This system brought widespread rainfall causing localized roadway flooding, strong winds, lightning, and small hail.

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Santa Clara, CA · Mar 1, 2018

An upper level system with a strong cold front moved through the Bay Area at the turn of the month with precipitation beginning late the evening of the 28th. This system brought widespread rainfall causing localized roadway flooding, strong winds, lightning, and small hail.

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Monterey, CA · Mar 1, 2018

An upper level system with a strong cold front moved through the Bay Area at the turn of the month with precipitation beginning late the evening of the 28th. This system brought widespread rainfall causing localized roadway flooding, strong winds, lightning, and small hail.

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San Francisco, CA · Mar 2, 2018

An upper level system with a strong cold front moved through the Bay Area at the turn of the month with precipitation beginning late the evening of the 28th. This system brought widespread rainfall causing localized roadway flooding, strong winds, lightning, and small hail.

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Marin, CA · Mar 2, 2018

An upper level system with a strong cold front moved through the Bay Area at the turn of the month with precipitation beginning late the evening of the 28th. This system brought widespread rainfall causing localized roadway flooding, strong winds, lightning, and small hail.

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Flash Flood

Tulare, CA · Jan 7, 2017

A series of systems fed by a continued influx of very moist air was pushed into the central California interior through an atmospheric river set-up for several days.

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Fresno, CA · Jan 8, 2017

A series of systems fed by a continued influx of very moist air was pushed into the central California interior through an atmospheric river set-up for several days.

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Flash Flood

Tulare, CA · Jan 7, 2017

A series of systems fed by a continued influx of very moist air was pushed into the central California interior through an atmospheric river set-up for several days.

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Flash Flood

Madera, CA · Jan 9, 2017

A series of systems fed by a continued influx of very moist air was pushed into the central California interior through an atmospheric river set-up for several days.

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Kern, CA · Jan 7, 2017

A series of systems fed by a continued influx of very moist air was pushed into the central California interior through an atmospheric river set-up for several days.

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Tulare, CA · Jan 7, 2017

A series of systems fed by a continued influx of very moist air was pushed into the central California interior through an atmospheric river set-up for several days.

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Merced, CA · Jan 7, 2017

A series of systems fed by a continued influx of very moist air was pushed into the central California interior through an atmospheric river set-up for several days.

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Fresno, CA · Jan 7, 2017

A series of systems fed by a continued influx of very moist air was pushed into the central California interior through an atmospheric river set-up for several days.

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Fresno, CA · Jan 7, 2017

A series of systems fed by a continued influx of very moist air was pushed into the central California interior through an atmospheric river set-up for several days.

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Fresno, CA · Jan 7, 2017

A series of systems fed by a continued influx of very moist air was pushed into the central California interior through an atmospheric river set-up for several days.

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