"10 Year" storm for California - Spillway Collapse Update

That’s a good link Harry :slight_smile:

The wind suddenly arrived here around noon. When we see gusting around 40 mph it usually means a lot of power outages :roll:

Daniel Swain (weatherwest.com) twitter feed has some good stuff https://twitter.com/Weather_West/with_replies

Good info on his website. I tried his Twitter feed and it said I was blocked. Strange that. Don’t know why that would be, oh well.

The rain has finally ended here for now. The front has moved to the south. Now we are getting ready for the next storm with a new round of advisories. And if all the wind and rain wasn’t bad enough, we going to have the King Tide to contend with which could cause coastal flooding. Whoopee! :frowning:

8O 8O 8O

Overall “it could have been a lot worse” IMHO. We shall see what tomorrow brings…

https://twitter.com/Weather_West/with_replies

great info there alright
not sure I would be walking on that bridge?

Wow!

That’s good for the snowpack :slight_smile: AIUI yesterday’s Reno floods were triggered by the rain being warmer and melting snowpack.

Today we have much wind but only recorded .77" so far. That may be understated due to it being close to horizontal :lol:

I’m pushing the inch mark already with .98" with a lot more rain to go. I thought they said this storm wasn’t supposed to be as bad as the last one. Ha! This just in:

Event: Flash Flood Warning
Alert: The National Weather Service in The San Francisco Bay Area has issued
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  • Flash Flood Warning for…
    Southwestern Napa County in northern California…

  • Until 800 PM PST

  • At 205 PM PST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the
    warned area. Most stream gaging sites in the area are indicating
    that water levels are quickly rising, and many sites have reached
    Monitor Stage. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly, and
    rainfall is expected to continue through the afternoon and evening
    hours.

  • Some locations that will experience flooding include…
    Napa, American Canyon, St. Helena, Calistoga, Yountville, Deer Park
    and Angwin.

The front for this storm finally went through at 7:49 pm with one last gasp of a gust of 32 mph. The baro bottomed out at 29.67 in and is now rising. The wind has gone down and changed direction to the SW.

40 mph gusts (high for us) and 29.46 here. Looking forward to a quiet couple of days now :slight_smile:

Trivial by the standards of other parts of the country I know :roll: but exciting for us California weather wimps :lol:

https://twitter.com/demianbulwa/status/819294272520208384/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

Note that the electricity is still ON 8O

(Guerneville is no stranger to floods.)

Amazing! That certainly wouldn’t be my idea of a good time. We have another chance of heavy rain tonight and then it is supposed to be clear cool the rest of the week.

Surprise, surprise!

[size=83]An EF0 tornado touched down in a Sacramento neighborhood early Wednesday morning, causing a minor amount of damage. According to the National Weather Service, the tornado struck the South Natomas neighborhood near Rio Terra Avenue and Northgate Blvd. shortly after midnight. The tornado lasted for less than five minutes. The tornado led to several downed trees, while other trees were stripped of their limbs. Fences were also downed because of the tornado, and two metal awnings were twisted and torn down. There are no reports of injuries.[/size]

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=TO-20170112-56728-USA

wow, Sacramento cant get many tornadoes!

The Sacramento valley is a flat wide plain and those counties do get a few each year. Anything more than an EF0 is very rare.

Looks like we are going to get a break for a few days however, we may be in for more rain next week. At least it will let the ground dry out a little bit and the rivers to go down. I have to think that all this rain and snow will put a big dent in our drought.

Good video here:

‘River of moisture’ to resume rounds of flooding rain, feet of snow in California during late January
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/river-of-moisture-to-resume-rounds-of-flooding-rain-feet-of-snow-in-california-during-late-january/70000542

Drought’s over N of the bay area acc to the latest drought monitor map.

L.A. will be happy, no shortage of water for us to generously send south :lol:

Oh good! Maybe I can try to get my lawn back again.

that is one of the reasons that I moved from Calif to Idaho. Lots of water here many rivers to fish. when the ground is not covered with snow (as it is now) green lawns all over. Born in Calif and lived there all of my life until 2013.
Chuck