May 4, 2024
A large upper level low pressure system moved eastward across the Pacific Northwest and Northern California on May 4 and 5. This system brought widespread precipitation to our area between the early afternoon of May 4 and the morning of May 5 as moisture pushed southward through central California with much of the Sierra Nevada from Sierra National Park northward picking up between a half inch and an inch of liquid precipitation with several higher elevation SNOTELs picking up an estimated 6 to
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1166318). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Merced County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.