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Flood — Mariposa, CA

Jan 22, 2024

Following the departure of a storm which brought light to moderate precipitation to the area between the morning of January 20 and the early afternoon of January 21, a second system moved through central California between the late evening of January 21 and the afternoon of January 22. This system produced three quarters to an inch and a half of rainfall over Merced County and a half inch to an inch of liquid precipitation the the Sierra Nevada with the snow level around 8000 feet. Much of the

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1148863). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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