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Flood — Sacramento, CA

Feb 5, 2024

A major winter storm moved in from the south on February 4th, bringing heavy rain, strong winds, thunderstorms and heavy mountain snow through February 7th. Damaging winds brought down trees and caused widespread power outages. Flooding and strong winds resulted in multiple fatalities. Chain controls were observed in the mountains. Heavy rain brought nuisance flooding on roads and urban areas and rises to rivers, creeks and streams, with generally 1 to 3 inches of storm total rain reported acros

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1162536). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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