3,441 first-hand accounts of flood events in California, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A storm system in early January brought along widespread rain, heavy mountain snow, gusty winds, thunderstorms, and a tornado to interior Northern California on January 3rd.
Read the full account →One to two inches of rain and 4 to 10 inches of snow fell from a slow moving storm system. In the morning hours, mud and rock slides occurred on mountain and foothill highways before rain turned to snow, while streets flooded over the inland and desert valleys.
Read the full account →A relatively warm storm with a concentrated moisture plume brought heavy rain, especially in the mountains and foothills. Rain amounts from 5 to 8 inches were reported in the Sierra, and runoff caused minor flooding.
Read the full account →A line of strong thunderstorms formed along the Santa Ana Mountains and produced intense rainfall over the Santiago Burn area. Doppler radar estimated 1.00-1.25 inches of rainfall between 11:30 AM and Noon.
Read the full account →A powerful storm swept through all of California with high winds, periods of heavy rain, and locally heavy snow. Strong upslope flow off the Pacific and a high freezing level fueled larged amounts of rainfall on the coastal slopes.
Read the full account →A late-season winter storm brought numerous weather hazards to Southwestern California. Rainfall totals generally ranged between 0.50 and 1.50 inches across coastal areas up to 4 inches in the mountains.
Read the full account →One to two inches of rain and 4 to 10 inches of snow fell from a slow moving storm system. In the morning hours, mud and rock slides occurred on mountain and foothill highways before rain turned to snow, while streets flooded over the inland and desert valleys.
Read the full account →A winter storm moving southeast from the Gulf of Alaska, picked up tropical moisture before it moved onshore. The warmer air mass caused the snow level to remain high during most of the precipitaion event, so that measured snow fall was less than eight inches in the mountains.
Read the full account →A Winter Storm, brought heavy precipitation and thunderstorms with damaging winds as it moved onshore through Southwest California. In the mountains above 5500 feet elevation, 9 to 14 inches of snow fell.
Read the full account →A severe thunderstorm north of Santa Rosa Mountain produced heavy rain, localized flash flooding, and damaging wind gusts across the eastern slopes of the Riverside County Mountains and western Coachella Valley.
Read the full account →By January 13th, the medium-range forecast models were becoming consistent in predicting a major precipitation event that would affect interior central California beginning the 17th and continuing for several days.
Read the full account →The first in a series of low pressure systems, rotating around an upper level low pressure system centered off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, moved through the central California interior, during the night of the 16th into the 17th, bringing copious amounts of moisture to…
Read the full account →An Atmospheric River event brought heavy rain and gusty winds with a strong winter storm that impacted the Bay Area for several days in mid-December. Cyclogenesis occurred with a 979 mb low forming off the Northern California coast.
Read the full account →Beginning mid-December, a series of storm systems impacted Northwest California with the first set of storms bringing particularly heavy rain from December 19th through December 21st.
Read the full account →Beginning mid-December, a series of storm systems impacted Northwest California with the first set of storms bringing particularly heavy rain from December 19th through December 21st.
Read the full account →Beginning mid-December, a series of storm systems impacted Northwest California with the first set of storms bringing particularly heavy rain from December 19th through December 21st.
Read the full account →Beginning mid-December, a series of storm systems impacted Northwest California with the first set of storms bringing particularly heavy rain from December 19th through December 21st.
Read the full account →Beginning mid-December, a series of storm systems impacted Northwest California with the first set of storms bringing particularly heavy rain from December 19th through December 21st.
Read the full account →Beginning mid-December, a series of storm systems impacted Northwest California with the first set of storms bringing particularly heavy rain from December 19th through December 21st.
Read the full account →Beginning mid-December, a series of storm systems impacted Northwest California with the first set of storms bringing particularly heavy rain from December 19th through December 21st.
Read the full account →Beginning mid-December, a series of storm systems impacted Northwest California with the first set of storms bringing particularly heavy rain from December 19th through December 21st.
Read the full account →Beginning mid-December, a series of storm systems impacted Northwest California with the first set of storms bringing particularly heavy rain from December 19th through December 21st.
Read the full account →Beginning mid-December, a series of storm systems impacted Northwest California with the first set of storms bringing particularly heavy rain from December 19th through December 21st.
Read the full account →Beginning mid-December, a series of storm systems impacted Northwest California with the first set of storms bringing particularly heavy rain from December 19th through December 21st.
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