Heavy rain over Northern California broke the daily record for precipitation at Red Bluff on the 25th. Minor small stream flooding occurred over portions of interior Northern California.
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The episode as NWS STO wrote it up.
Heavy rain over Northern California broke the daily record for precipitation at Red Bluff on the 25th. Minor small stream flooding occurred over portions of interior Northern California. This included Dry Creek in the Northern San Joaquin Valley, which went out of its banks at a location 10 miles east of Modesto.
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, 9:00 PM PST, 3 hours earlier.
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</html>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
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Rainfall at Red Bluff airport totaled 2.14 inches on January 25th, which|broke the previous record for the date of 1.38 inches set in 1997.
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 79074.