California, 2006

Heavy 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.

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

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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 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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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.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

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.

What these are

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.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in California in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 2006

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: 5490057.