Heavy rains from a nearly stationary precipitation band brought flash flooding to Tehama County. Local creeks over topped their banks and levees, causing damage to homes.
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Heavy rains from a nearly stationary precipitation band brought flash flooding to Tehama County. Local creeks over topped their banks and levees, causing damage to homes.
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 Dec 5, 10:14 PM PST, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 1014 PM PST Fri Dec 5 2014 .Synopsis... Pacific frontal system will bring rain and high elevation snow this afternoon into Saturday. The next system moves through Sunday afternoon into Monday bringing precipitation...mainly north of Interstate 80. A windy and more moist system moves in Thursday. && .Discussion... Bands the showers continue to track across NorCal this evening with the best coverage over the northern and central Sac valley. The heaviest rainfall amounts have been over northwest Shasta county where several RAWS sites have received around 1.50 inches. Activity will continue overnight...but gradually diminish towards morning. Winds have also been gusty over the north Sac valley with Redding gusting to 32 kts. The winds will diminish over the next couple of hours as frontal system passes to the east. Snow levels remain high currently above 7000 feet. forecast is on track and no evening update will be needed. .Previous Discussion... Scattered showers this afternoon...mainly north of Interstate 80 with moisture and instability and warm air advection ahead of the system coming in tonight into Saturday. Temperatures have warmed up in the 60s in the Valley and Delta areas this afternoon and in the mid 30s to 40s in the mountains. These temperatures are near to several degrees above normal. The records are a little higher than yesterday with a records in the low 70s in the Sacramento and Stockton areas. Precipitation will become more widespread this evening ahead of the cold front. This may bring slick roads for the evening commute. Thunderstorms are possible this evening with some instability. Southerly winds will also increase ahead of the front bringing breezy conditions late this afternoon into tonight. The winds will blow down leaves that can clog drains. Precipitation may continue into Saturday morning with lingering showers possible over the mountains in the afternoon. Snow levels around 7000 ft with a few inches possible over the highest elevations and several inches over the top of Mt. Lassen. Precipitation amounts into Saturday are forecast to be around a half an inch in the Sacramento Valley and a quarter of an inch or less in the Northern San Joaquin Valley and generally around a half an inch to 1.5 inches over the foothills and mountains with the highest amounts expected in Butte and Western Plumas Counties and Shasta County. Weak ridging between systems late Saturday into early Sunday for a break in precipitation most locations except possibly along the Coastal range and western Shasta County. Areas of Valley fog may develop on Sunday morning with lingering moisture. Another system moves into the area Sunday afternoon into Monday with the majority of the precipitation along and north of the Interstate 80 corridor. Precipitation amounts generally a quarter of an inch or less in the Sacramento Valley and around an inch in the mountains. .Extended Discussion (Tuesday through Friday) Relatively dry weather for start of extended period as more zonal flow arrives. A shortwave moving into the Pac NW will bring a small chance for some showers across northern portions of the area Tuesday into Wednesday but most areas will remain dry. The next storm system will arrive late week (Thu/Fri time frame) as large low rotates SE toward the coast. As advertised previously, this system has the potential to be strong with numerous impacts. GEFS mean MSLP showing min percentile with PWATs around 1 inch in the 99th percentile. Timing and details still uncertain this far out with a bit of model disagreement. It will definitely be one to watch with the possibility of moderate-heavy precip, lower snow levels than this past storm, and gusty winds. CEO && .Aviation... VFR/MVFR conditions with locally reduced ceilings/vis into Saturday morning as showers move through. gradually improving conditions through the day on Saturday. Southeast winds up to 25 kt will decrease to 10-15 kt towards morning. && .STO Watches/Warnings/Advisories... None. &&
The Beale AFB radar (KBBX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:59 UTC.
4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding caused a hard closure of Highway 36 at Baker Road.
Mudslide reported near the intersection of Baker Rd. and Monrovia.
Flooding reported at intersection of Jellys Ferry Dr. and Oakwood.
Tehama County Sheriff's Office reported flooding of roads at multiple locations. Received a report of up to 6 feet of water flowing over a road. Closed a stretch of Highway 36.
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