Mar 13, 2016
A series of strong winter storms moved across northern California Friday through Monday. Storms just a few days earlier had area small creeks and streams running high. Moisture from these storms resulted in numerous areas of low land flooding, small creek and stream flooding and main stem rivers getting high enough to flow over Weirs, that are part of the flood control system in the Northern Valley. This made local news as it was the first time in 4 years that the Weirs flowed since CA drought
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 627006). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Nevada County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.