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Flood — Fresno, CA

Nov 21, 2018

After a significant dry period of 45 straight dry days across most of the central California interior. A low pressure system pushed inland over northern California on November 21 and brought a period of generally light to moderate precipitation to the area from the afternoon of November 21 through the morning of November 22 as an associated cold front pushed southward through central California. The precipitation fell mainly in the form of snow above 7000 feet resulting in this system being the

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 786272). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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