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Flood — Fresno, CA

Jun 5, 2011

A developing Pacific storm approached California on June 4th. Cold air pushed into the San Joaquin Valley, plunging temperatures to well below normal. The high at Fresno on the 4th was only 66 degrees, six degrees colder than the previous record low maximum temperature for the date of 72 degrees, set in 1954. As the push of cold air funneled through the passes of the Kern County mountains. ||The upper-level trough reached the California coast during the evening of June 4th, with the associated l

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 326192). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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