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Flood — Yuba, CA

Mar 22, 2018

Torrential rain from an atmospheric river with locally heavy convective showers brought flash flooding to portions of the northern Sierra and Motherlode foothills. The heaviest flooding was in Groveland, where 4-5 of rain fell, combining with 8-9 of rain in higher elevations upstream. There was also widespread damage in Tuolumne County to roads from debris flows, soil erosion, erosion of water conveyance systems, sewer systems that were inundated with excess water and debris. Roads damaged inlud

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 747175). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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