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Flood — Lake, CA

Feb 4, 2024

A cyclone bombed very close to the central California coast developing widespread damaging wind gusts across Mendocino and Lake counties. Heavy rain also was observed with some of the highest flows on creeks in Lake County in the last several years. The low then moved north off of the extreme northwestern California coast bringing strong gusts into Humboldt and Del Norte counties as well, though damage was limited.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1151164). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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