Flash Flooding and Flooding in California, February 12 to 15, 2019

Heavy snow fell over portions of the northern Sacramento Valley shutting down Interstate 5 south of the Oregon border through Redding and knocking out power to thousands of customers. Thousands of trees were reported down by county officials.

Schools closed, Shasta County Superior Court shut down and flights were canceled at Redding Airport. Some 83,600 customers lost power as trees and their branches heavy with snow fell onto power lines. The majority of those who lost power were in Shasta County. The California Highway Patrol reported dozens of spinouts, fallen trees blocking roads and vehicles in ditches throughout Shasta County.

A trained spotter reported that 13.5 inches of snow had accumulated 1/2 a mile from downtown Redding. Another spotter sent a report through Facebook estimating that 12 inches of snow had accumulated on the ground 3 WSW Redding.

California Highway reported county roads closed due to flooding.

California Highway Patrol reported road flooding with #1 lane blocked on highway 160 s and del paso boulevard on ramp.

California Highway Patrol reported country roads closed due to flooding.

On Twitter Cal Fire Butte unit/Butte County Fire Department reported that a couple miles away at West Sacramento Avenue and River Road, water was flowing freely across the road.

California Highway Patrol reported slight flooding over Willow Creek Bridge on SB Interstate 5 north of Willows.

Stockton police reported road flooding at Claremont Avenue and Sousa Street, Stockton and has closed both directions of the road.

On twitter the city of Vacaville relayed a flooding report from the Vacaville PD to avoid Vanden Road between Canon Road and Peabody Road until further notice, due to flooding.

The media reported that they received information from the California Highway Patrol that a vehicle was swept into Scotts Creek as they were trying to cross a flooded roadway. 3 people were rescued from the car.

Heavy snow and whiteout conditions caused I80 to be closed for February 15th for the morning through 6 pm. Avalanche control and a fallen tree also kept closed Highway 50 much of the day. These closures caused major impacts to travel and interstate commerce.

Castle Peak had a storm total of 45 inches of new snow. Squaw Valley Ski Resort at 8,000 feet reported 30 inches of new snow over 24 hours. At 6200 feet 20 inches was reported over 24 hours. Soda Springs had a storm total of 40 inches.

On twitter the public information officer from Metro fire of Sacramento posted about a swift water rescue that occurred on Feb 13 at 4:44 pm. on Kiefer Blvd north of Jackson Rd.

The media reported that late in the evening on February 13, 2018 two people had been rescued from the roof of a car at Cox Lane and Lone Tree Road near Palermo. This information came from the public information officer for Cal Fire-Butte County.

Caltrans and law enforcement started receiving reports of washed out roads and flooding around 2:30 am. A full closure of Hwy 20 is in effect as of 1:40pm.

From route 36 to Aramayo Way the road was closed to numerous reports of flooding. Reports of flooding started coming in at 3am and were still present at 4:50pm.

Caltrans was reporting multiple areas of flooding near and around Kelseyville from 3:10am to 6:40am.

Caltrans reported that in Yolo County, I-505 was closed in both directions from I-5 to SR16 due to flooding.

Caltrans reports that there was a full closure of Highway 16, both eastbound and westbound, due to flooding. (Esparto to Dounty Rd 89/Guys Station).

Fifth street in the city of Tehama, leading into Gyle Road was closed.

Highway 99 was closed from Aramayo Way to South Avenue in the area of Vina.

Caltrans reported that both lanes of the road were flooded. At 10:46am Caltrans reported that the flooding was caused by debris build up.

Butte County Sheriff evacuated the area of Nord Cana Highway and Wilson Landing Road south of Rock Creek after a levee breached and the creek flooded.

Caltrans reported flooding on pool station road at 9am with the road closing at 9:30am. at 12:05 pm new reports came in that pool station bridge near riata is washed away and that warning signs were put up. Multiple vehicles were still trying to get through.

Over 2-3 hours 1.5 to 2.5 inches of rain fell. A mudslide was reported at this particular location with the road being closed from Woodhouse Mine to West Point.

Caltrans reported that the river was running across the roadway way and that highway 4 needed to be closed. At 11:53 am Caltrans sent a notification that Highway 49 was reopened.

On Twitter the public information officer from Metro Fire of Sacramento posted pictures of a second swift water rescue that occurred on Kiefer Blvd. north of Jackson Road.

Caltrans is reporting that the roadway is completely flooded.

Local media reporting flood waters running over Pool Station Road caused road on bridge to crack.

Caltrans reported that multiple vehicles were stuck in water on I-5.

Caltrans reported that roadway was flooded.

In Yolo and Colusa Counties, Hwy 16 had eastbound lanes closed at Hwy 20 and westbound lanes closed at Rumsey Canyon due to rock slides. The closest 24 hour rain report had 2.06 inches of rain.

Caltrans at Route 53 south, there is a full closure of Hwy 20 due to flooding.

Via a Facebook live with CBS13 and the Williams Fire Department Chief reported that 6 swift water rescues have occurred today. One was on going at the time of report which included a child and an adult. The fire chief estimated that there was 3-6 feet of flowing water over the roads. Both I-5 and old Highway 99 were closed for flooding.

The county reported there were numerous reports of blocked roads due to mudslides and 25 reports of flooded roads across Calaveras County. A line of storms remained stationary over this area with 1.0 inch of rain being reported in an hour which caused these conditions.

Via Twitter, Placer County reported that Dowd Road at Wise Road near Lincoln was closed due to flooding.

The media reported that part of New Hope Marina Trailer Park flooded. Local law enforcement arrived to help residents evacuate the area. The manager of the trailer part said that most residents evacuated or moved trailers on their own.

Via twitter Cal Fire Butte County Fire Department reported that firefighters were searching in the area of Lower Honcut road and Hwy 70. They located a truck and horse trailer under water that was swept 150 feet off the roadway. Believed driver was out of the vehicle.

Swift water team and Butte County Search and Rescue responded to Ord Ferry Road after the driver of a semi-trailer truck attempted to cross a flooded road.