Flood, San Francisco
- When
- February 18, 12:01 AM PST to February 21, 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- San Francisco forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.778, -122.442 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in California, February 18 to 21, 1996
Heavy rains from the 18th to the 21st, including over 3-inch storm totals in the Sacramento area, caused small stream and urban flooding throughout the Sacramento Valley from Redding to Elk Grove. 5 inches of rain in the city of Oroville flooded 30 homes.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS STO wrote it up.
Heavy rains from the 18th to the 21st, including over 3-inch storm totals in the Sacramento area, caused small stream and urban flooding throughout the Sacramento Valley from Redding to Elk Grove. 5 inches of rain in the city of Oroville flooded 30 homes.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 18, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, February 18 to 20, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, February 18, 1996
- Winter Storm in California, February 18 to 21, 1996
- High Wind in Hawaii, February 18 to 23, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 18, 1996
- Heavy Rain in California, February 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 18, 1996
More
Every storm in California in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5537541.