Dec 19, 2007
An area of high pressure developed in the eastern Pacific around mid December, centered near Hawaii. This high pressure feature caused a series of major Pacific storms to ride over the high pressure and into California, carried by very strong upper-atmosphere winds (jet stream winds). While the first storm brought only light rain to the San Joaquin Valley, and a few inches of snow to the higher elevations of the Southern Sierra Nevada, the main impact was to weaken the high pressure and allow a
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 73292). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Fresno County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.