"10 Year" storm for California - Spillway Collapse Update

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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

I agree Chuck, in many ways it is nice there, but I can’t take moving again, and those single digit temps just don’t do it for me either :lol:

Here we go again. You can stop the rain dances now.

[size=83]Widespread flooding to blast California with latest barrage of storms

Three storms will hit California and the southwestern United States into early next week with travel disruptions from flooding and mountain snow.

While the rain will not come at once, each storm will be packed with moisture and will lead to travel difficulties for motorists and potential delays for airline passengers.
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http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/californians-brace-for-more-heavy-rain-flooding-and-mountain-snow/70000597

Yup, #1 has arrived here, >30 mph gusts & driving rain now.

0.57in rain and 25mph gust here now for #1. #3 storm on Sunday expected to be the biggest of this series.

We’ve had 12 days of rain in January for 10.14in so far. That makes it 147% of ‘normal’ for this time. If it didn’t rain any more this water year, we’d end up at 78% overall, but there’s more to come :slight_smile:

Only 7.8" for Jan so far but 26.82" ytd. We’ve had 4 consistently rainy months starting with 7.4" in October and that’s quite unusual.