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Flood — Kings, CA

Jan 23, 2008

A Pacific storm reached the central California interior on the 22nd, with heavy snow falling across the length of the Southern Sierra Nevada and the Tehachapi Mountains. A persistent rain band over the west side of the San Joaquin Valley brought locally heavy rain to the Temblors and Diablo Range on the 23rd. Runoff from these mountains caused some road flooding in western Fresno and Kings Counties. Several inches of snow fell on the Grapevine beginning on the 22nd, and in the Los Angeles County

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 79739). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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