3,441 first-hand accounts of flood events in California, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Continued rain, locally heavy, led to numerous urban ponding incidences within the city of Visalia. Additionally, a canal bank breached near Orosi with the excess water and runoff. Poor drainage resulted in substantial damage to homes in Visalia from flooding.
Read the full account →A series of storm systems, part of a large Atmospheric River type of pattern, impacted the area during late December 2012. From the 21st through 26th of December, heavy rain, gusty winds, flooding, and mudslides occurred across the Bay Area in these consecutive events.
Read the full account →An atmospheric river sank south and stalled over Humboldt, Del Norte, and western Trinity counties, bringing widespread rains between 3 and 7 inches to the region.
Read the full account →An atmospheric river sank south and stalled over Humboldt, Del Norte, and western Trinity counties, bringing widespread rains between 3 and 7 inches to the region.
Read the full account →An atmospheric river sank south and stalled over Humboldt, Del Norte, and western Trinity counties, bringing widespread rains between 3 and 7 inches to the region.
Read the full account →An atmospheric river sank south and stalled over Humboldt, Del Norte, and western Trinity counties, bringing widespread rains between 3 and 7 inches to the region.
Read the full account →From 12 to 25 inches of snow fell over the San Bernardino mountains, from Wrightwood to Forest Falls. Over the Riverside County Mountains and the San Diego County mountains, snowfall ranged from eleven to eighteen inches.
Read the full account →An upper-level trough moved through the region on July 4th-6th. The trough interacted with a surge of monsoonal moisture, bringing thunderstorms to the Southern Sierra Nevada, Tehachapi Mountains and the Kern County deserts.
Read the full account →On the 28th, southeast winds aloft began to bring mid-level moisture from northern Mexico and the Desert Southwest. For the first time in approximately three weeks, isolated thunderstorms developed over the Sierra crest around Kings Canyon and points just to the north and east.
Read the full account →The last major storm of the month arrived on March 24th. This storm brought gusts to 45 mph to the west side of the San Joaquin Valley, and gusts to 65 mph in the Kern County mountains and deserts.
Read the full account →A developing Pacific storm approached California on June 4th. Cold air pushed into the San Joaquin Valley, plunging temperatures to well below normal.
Read the full account →Weak ridging returned to the area by the 20th, with dry, but relatively cool, conditions throughout the central California interior during the next few days. However, by February 24th, the next storm was approaching the California coast and weakening the ridge.
Read the full account →Dry conditions prevailed over the area through March 15th, with gusts of 45-60 mph at times in the mountain and desert areas of Kern County. The weather pattern then changed sharply, transitioning to a 12-day period which saw periods of heavy precipitation and below normal…
Read the full account →Dry conditions prevailed over the area through March 15th, with gusts of 45-60 mph at times in the mountain and desert areas of Kern County. The weather pattern then changed sharply, transitioning to a 12-day period which saw periods of heavy precipitation and below normal…
Read the full account →The new year (and decade) began with the latest in a series of Pacific storms that stretched back to December 17th, 2010. This storm brought strong, gusty winds to the region, especially to the base of the Grapevine, where gusts up to 89 mph were recorded on January 2nd.
Read the full account →The new year (and decade) began with the latest in a series of Pacific storms that stretched back to December 17th, 2010. This storm brought strong, gusty winds to the region, especially to the base of the Grapevine, where gusts up to 89 mph were recorded on January 2nd.
Read the full account →The new year (and decade) began with the latest in a series of Pacific storms that stretched back to December 17th, 2010. This storm brought strong, gusty winds to the region, especially to the base of the Grapevine, where gusts up to 89 mph were recorded on January 2nd.
Read the full account →Dry conditions prevailed over the area through March 15th, with gusts of 45-60 mph at times in the mountain and desert areas of Kern County. The weather pattern then changed sharply, transitioning to a 12-day period which saw periods of heavy precipitation and below normal…
Read the full account →Heavy thunderstorm rains produced flood waters which caused damage to parts of US Highway 95 between Needles, CA and Vidal Junction, CA. Eight vehicles were stranded by flooded washes running across the highway and one car was caught in the flood waters.
Read the full account →A very strong cyclone slammed into the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas bringing flooding rains, high winds, record high surf and coastal flooding.
Read the full account →Monsoonal moisture over the Southwest United States by the late afternoon/early evening of Wednesday, September 3rd, supported thunderstorm activity over the desert portions of Kern County and the northern Kern County Mountains.
Read the full account →Widespread thunderstorm activity in the Kern County Deserts brought numerous instances of heavy rain, water run-off, and gusty wind. Heavy rainfall began around midday in the Tehachapi Mountains around the town of Tehachapi and in the Mojave Desert near Rosamond.
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 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.
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