California, 1996

Flood in California, January 27 to 28, 1996

January 27 to 28, 1996 · NWS EKA · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Jacoby and Freshwater Creeks flooded southeast of Arcata.

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.

Jacoby and Freshwater Creeks flooded southeast of Arcata.

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Redwood Coast

When
January 27, 3:00 PM PST to January 28, 3:00 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5536208.