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Flood — Merced, CA

Feb 4, 2019

A very cold Pacific Storm system dropped out of the Gulf of Alaska on February 3 and slowly moved across the regions on February 4 and 5. This system brought moderate to heavy precipitation to portions of the San Joaquin Valley on February 4 and heavy snow to elevations as low as 2000 feet in the southern Sierra Nevada foothills on February 4 and 5. Between 4 and 6 feet of new snow fell above 5000 feet in the Southern Sierra Nevada. The heavy wet snow also resulted in numerous power outages aff

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 795737). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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