California, 1996

Flood in California, January 24 to 25, 1996

January 24 to 25, 1996 · NWS EKA · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Heavy rain caused many streams in Mendocino County to rise over their banks. Highway 175 was closed in Hopland when Feliz Creek flooded.

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 EKA wrote it up.

Heavy rain caused many streams in Mendocino County to rise over their banks. Highway 175 was closed in Hopland when Feliz Creek flooded. Highway 128 was closed from Navarro to the coast by the Navarro River.

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Redwood Coast

When
January 24, 7:00 PM PST to January 25, 9:00 AM PST
Where
Redwood Coast forecast zone

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

More

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5536207.