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Flood — Fresno, CA

Feb 27, 2023

Another cold upper trough moved across central California on February 27 and 28 which resulted in another period of widespread precipitation across the area. The snow level was between 3000 and 4000 feet or much of this event which resulted in heavy snowfall for the Sierra Nevada where several SNOTELs picked up an estimated 2 to 3 feet of new snowfall. Below the snow line, much of the San Joaquin Valley picked up between a quarter to a half inch of additional rainfall over already saturated soi

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1075798). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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