"10 Year" storm for California - Spillway Collapse Update

Ca desperately needs it. Glad you are getting it. I know all at once isn’t good, but still. Take what you can get. :slight_smile:

True! We are not very well set up to capture the water from big rain events like this one though :frowning: Snowpack is what we need and this storm may be too warm to help that.

So far, I have gotten 1.93 inches of rain for the month and 11.09 inches for the season here in the flatlands of Union City with a big storm coming in tonight with high winds and heavy rain. Flash flood watches, flood warnings, and high wind warnings have been posted and there are hydro alerts up the wazoo. I have never seen that many hydro alerts before. Emergency Management and other agencies around here are really psyched about these storms.

Yeah, head for higher ground Harry! Mission Peak should be safe :wink:

Good idea. I’ll have to keep an eye on Alameda Creek and the creek that runs behind my house.

BTW, you can see more updates on the storms on Twitter. There is even a pic of snow in downtown Redding.

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23castorm&src=typd

Good catch Harry, I won’t be going to the big city today :smiley:

:lol: And another BTW, here is the forecast for my area for the next several days so, after these big storms roll through tonight and tomorrow, it isn’t over with yet.

http://ucweather.org/wxforecast.php

Tuesday is supposed to be a big one too :roll:

Yup, and if the rainfall predictions pan out, we could be in for a rough ride. I remember the problems we had in 1986 and 1997 very well.

[size=83]Excessive rain, melting snow may cause worst California flooding since 1997

An onslaught of excessive rain and mountain snow will threaten lives and property in northern and central California into next week.

“There is the potential for excessive rain, combined with melting snow to trigger the worst flooding in northern California since 1997 and perhaps 1986,” according to Senior Vice President of AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions Mike Smith.

The storm rolling ashore this weekend will not be in a hurry to leave. Another will quickly follow Tuesday into Tuesday night.
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http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/weekend-storm-to-unload-widespread-heavy-rain-in-western-us/70000459

The Santa Cruz mountains mudslides in 1982(?) were quite an event too.

Yes, it was 1982. I remember that very well. Ten people died at Love Creek in the Santa Cruz Mountains (2 of the victims were never found) and another 12 died in another part of the county, don’t remember where. The landslide at Love Creek was massive, a 1/4 mile of the hillside gave way. All toll, 36 people died from that storm, 25 due to landslides. That has got be one of the deadliest, if not THE deadliest, storms we have ever had.

Stay safe fellows, keep the kayaks handy.

There are reports of 174 and 195 mph wind gusting at Sierra ski resorts (approx 9,000 ft ASL) with average around 100 mph.

WOW! That’s incredible! I’m seeing a lot of reports of downed trees and powerlines, and street flooding around here.

I just discovered a nice resource from Iowa State University that you may find useful. They are always coming up with some great stuff. You can select by state or WFO to see the current situation of rivers around you.

River Forecast Point Monitor
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/river/?state=CA

Wow! Amazing weather out there. Have some relatives in that area so watching the weather and water closely. Stay safe!

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…