California, 2006Heavy Rain in California, February 26 to 27, 2006
February 26 to 27, 2006 · NWS REV · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- 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 forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Reno, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 26, 11:00 AM PST, 3 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 11:00 AM PST, 3 hours before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 26, 6:00 AM PST, 8 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
600 AM PST SUN FEB 26 2006
CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-271500-
SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-
EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-MONO-
MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-
MINDEN AREA-WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE-
NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-
600 AM PST SUN FEB 26 2006
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA...
NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY
A FLOOD WATCH WILL GO INTO EFFECT STARTING TONIGHT FOR EASTERN
CALIFORNIA INCLUDING THE SIERRA...AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEVADA.
IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING...GUSTY
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW STARTING
TONIGHT IN THE SIERRA ABOVE 8000 FEET.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
A FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT FOR
EASTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING THE SIERRA...AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN
NEVADA. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH STATEMENT /WGUS65 KREV FFAREV/
FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY
MOUNTAIN SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...WITH
RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW IN THE VALLEYS BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
ANOTHER COLDER STORM MAY BRING MORE SNOW TO ALL ELEVATIONS FROM
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. SEE THE LATEST SPECIAL WEATHER
STATEMENT /WWUS85 KREV SPSREV/ FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY TO RELAY
REPORTS OF FLOODING OR HEAVY PRECIPITATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
Heavy Rain, Plumas
- When
- February 26, 2:00 PM PST to February 27, 10:00 PM PST
- Where
- Plumas County, 5 mi S of Twain
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.005, -120.839 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A total of 5.13 inches of rain fell 5 miles south of Twain.
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- High Wind in California, February 26, 200670 kt wind · 7 events
- Cold in Maine, February 26, 20063 events
- Heavy Snow in California, February 26 to 27, 20062 events
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 26, 2006$2,000 · 1 event
- Wildfire in Texas, February 26, 20061 event
- High Wind in Oregon, February 26, 200666 kt wind · 1 event
- Wildfire in Colorado, February 26, 20061 event
- Heavy Rain in California, February 26 to 28, 20061 event
- Heavy Rain in California, February 26 to 28, 20061 event
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 26 to 28, 20061 event
- Heavy Snow in California, February 26 to 28, 20061 event
- Heavy Snow in California, February 26 to 28, 20061 event
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: 5490057.