Zone 64 1/25.
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.
The episode as NWS STO wrote it up.
Zone 64 1/25.
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 Sacramento, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 24, 4:25 PM PST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 425 PM PST THU JAN 24 2008 .DISCUSSION...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY CONTINUES TO SHOW THAT THE UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT HAS BEEN SPINNING OFF THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST IS NOW OPENING UP INTO WAVE...AS IT LIFTS ACROSS THE REGION. AS A RESULT...SHOWERS CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION...WITH SOME MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS SHOWING UP ON THE CURRENT RADAR IMAGERY. MEANWHILE...COLD AIR REMAINS TRAPPED IN THE NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY AND SURROUNDING FOOTHILLS...RESULTING IN SNOW LEVELS AROUND 1000 FEET UP NORTH. DUE TO THE CONVECTIVE NATURE OF THE SHOWERS THOUGH...A RAIN SNOW MIX IS POSSIBLE BELOW 1000 FEET IN THE NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY THROUGH TONIGHT. THEREFORE...HAVE ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR SHASTA COUNTY AND WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE COASTAL RANGE AND LAKE COUNTY. HAVE KEPT THE SNOW ADVISORIES IN PLACE FOR THE MOTHERLODE...THE NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS...THE WEST SLOPES OF THE SIERRA...AND WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY BECAUSE THE FLOW LOOKS LIKE IT WILL TURN FROM SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY OVERNIGHT...WHICH IS NOT THE MOST FAVORABLE FOR SNOW PRODUCTION IN THESE AREA. HOWEVER...THEY WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY. HAVE ALSO ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR DRY CREEK IN STANISLAUS COUNTY...AS LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS ARE REPORTING IT OUT OF ITS BANKS. LOCAL AREA STREAMS IN THE SACRAMENTO VICINITY ARE ALSO BEGINNING TO RUN A LITTLE ON THE HIGH SIDE...AND WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. OTHERWISE...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY ALSO SHOWS THE NEXT VERY COLD AND POTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW DIGGING SOUTH ALONG 130 WEST. AS THIS SYSTEM SETS UP ALONG THE COAST TOMORROW...MORE PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION...AND SNOW LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY RISE. SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL INCREASE IN THE SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO AND NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEYS AS WELL AS IN THE DELTA. THE 925 MB...850 MB...AND 700 MB WINDS ALSO ARE ALIGNED NICELY AND INCREASING IN STRENGTH. THEREFORE...BELIEVE SOME OF THESE STRONGER WINDS FROM ALOFT MAY MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE...CREATING GUSTY WINDS IN THESE AREA. THEREFORE...HAVE ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO AND NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AS WELL AS THE DELTA. THESE WINDS LOOK LIKE THEY WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN LATE FRIDAY...BUT MAY INCREASE ONCE AGAIN ON SATURDAY...WHICH BARES WATCHING. MODELS ARE SHOWING ANOTHER STRONG WAVE WRAPPING AROUND THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL LOW FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO BRING RAIN AND SNOW TO THE REGION. HOWEVER...MODELS ARE VARYING SOME ON THE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS...AS THEY ARE TRYING TO TAP SOME TROPICAL AND VERY MOIST AIR TO OUR SOUTH. AT THIS TIME...BELIEVE THE MAIN PLUME WILL STAY OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...BUT SOME HIGHER PW AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION. THAT COMBINED WITH GOOD UPSLOPE FLOW INTO SHASTA COUNTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS MAY WARRANT ADDITIONAL WINTER WEATHER PRODUCTS...AND WILL THEREFORE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE DEVELOPING SYSTEM. WET AND UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY...THE THIS SECONDARY UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. AT THIS TIME...MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT...BUT BELIEVE THAT THEY MAY BE TRYING TO MOVE THIS LOW OUT OF THE REGION TO QUICK. PALMER .EXTENDED DISCUSSION... UNSETTLED WEATHER CONTINUES THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS EXTENDED MODELS PAINTING SIMILAR PICTURE WITH DEEP COLD SHORTWAVE RIDING OVER HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE NEAR 150W THEN SLIDING DOWN WEST COAST SUNDAY. THIS FEATURE FORECAST TO EJECT QUASISTATIONARY OFFSHORE LOW THROUGH SOCAL SUNDAY. STRONG HEIGHT FALLS SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT OVER NORCAL AS 510 MB UPPER LOW AND TROUGH IMPACT WEST COAST. ALTHOUGH FAR IN THE FORECAST CYCLE...CURRENT PROGS SUPPORT SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO 500 FEET BY MONDAY MORNING. DECREASING SHOWERS MONDAY AS SHORT WAVE PROGRESSES INTO THE GREAT BASIN THEN DRIER WEATHER WITH SOME OVERNIGHT VALLEY FOG POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AS SHORT WAVE RIDGING MOVES OVER NORCAL. STORM TRACK TAKES ON A MORE WESTERLY PATTERN THEREAFTER WITH LOWER LATITUDE SHORTWAVES PROGGED INTO INTERIOR NORCAL TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH ANOTHER STORM TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. && .AVIATION... UPR LOW NR KUKI FCST TO WKN AND LFT ACRS NORCAL TNGT AS 2ND LOW PRES SYS DVLPS OFF THE CAL CST INTO SAT. MNLY MVFR WITH AREAS IFR CONDS IN SHWRS FOR INTR VLY THRU 06Z THEN MSTLY VFR VCNTY SRN SAC VLY SWD. GENLY MVFR/IFR CONDS FOR FTHLS AND MTNS NXT 24 HRS WITH AREAS LIFR IN HVY SHWRS. SN LVLS ARND 010-015 IN NRN INTR MTNS AND ARND 020 MSL IN CSTL MTNS AND SIERNEV GRDLY INCRSG TO ARND 030 MSL FRI. INCRSG SWLY FLOW ALF NXT 24 HRS WITH SPDS AOA 100 KTS ABV FL250 AFT 18Z FRI. AREAS SLY SFC WND G30KTS IN INTR VLY TIL ARND 05Z THEN AREAS LLWS TIL 16Z FRI WITH INCRSG SFC WND AFT. && .STO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY FOR NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY FOR CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY. SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY FOR MOTHERLODE. WIND ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY FOR CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY. HEAVY SNOW WARNING UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY FOR SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 700 AM PST THU JAN 24 2008 CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-251500- SHASTA LAKE AREA/NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- BURNEY BASIN/EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTIES- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-MOTHERLODE- EAST FOOTHILLS/NORTH SACRAMENTO VALLEY- WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- 700 AM PST THU JAN 24 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY FOR MOTHERLODE-NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA-WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK. * SNOW ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS46 KSTO - WSWSTO FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY FOR MOTHERLODE-NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA-WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK. * SNOW ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS46 KSTO - WSWSTO FOR DETAILS * A STRONGER STORM MAY MOVE INTO THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IT MAY BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE VALLEYS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS STORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT (LOWER CASE): HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/STO
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
448 PM PST THU JAN 24 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0357 PM FLOOD 10 E MODESTO 37.66N 120.81W
01/24/2008 STANISLAUS CA COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY OFFICIAL REPORTED THAT DRY CREEK IS OUT OF ITS
BANKS WHERE IT CROSSES OAKDALE WATERFORD HIGHWAY.
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EKURTH3 winter storm, 1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Due to trapped cold air in the valleys, snow levels dropped to near 1500 feet with up to twenty inches of snow falling at the higher elevations. Southeasterly wind gusts reached 50 mph.
Due to trapped cold air in the valley, snow levels dropped to near 1500 feet with up to a foot of snow falling in the higher elevations. Southerly wind gusts reached 50 mph.
The snow level was near 3000 feet with eight to fifteen inches falling at the higher elevations.
Snow levels were near 3000 feet. Five to ten inches of snow fell near 4500 feet and up to eighteen inches of snow fell above 7000 feet. Wind gusts reached 40 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 2008
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: 111459, 111206, 111576, 111587.