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Flood — Butte, CA

Dec 22, 2025

A series of atmospheric rivers brought moderate to heavy precipitation to interior northern California in the third week of December through the Christmas holiday. A Convergence Zone set up over Redding/Shasta County around 1 PM on Sunday, December 21. Heavy rain fell until around 7 PM, where there was a lull before another line redeveloped and brought additional moderate to heavy rain into the late evening. Over 24 hours, the area received 2 to 7 inches of rain. There were numerous reports of f

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1307869). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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