California, 2024

Heavy Rain in California, March 6, 2024

March 6, 2024 · NWS EKA · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

An offshore low pressure system advecting cooler drier air while a series of shortwave disturbances enhance precipitation.

Where it happened

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  • Wind
  • Hail
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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$7,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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 happened

The episode as NWS EKA wrote it up.

An offshore low pressure system advecting cooler drier air while a series of shortwave disturbances enhance precipitation.

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 Eureka, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 5, 2:59 PM PST, 17 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 2:59 PM PST, 17 hours 50 minutes before
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The radar

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

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Event by event

4 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Trinity

When
March 6, 8:49 AM PST
Where
Trinity County, 2.32 mi SSE of Burnt Ranch to 2.35 mi SSE of Burnt Ranch
Property damage
$1,000
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
40.790, -123.450

A slide is blocking 1 lane, 2 miles south southeast of Burnt Ranch, CA. |LAT. 40.79N, LONG. -123.45W.

Heavy Rain, Lake

When
March 6, 8:51 AM PST
Where
Lake County, 1.28 mi WNW of Glenhaven to 1.33 mi NW of Glenhaven
Property damage
$1,000
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
39.040, -122.750

Rocks in the roadway 2 miles northwest of Glenhaven, CA.|LAT. 39.04N, LONG. -122.75W.

Heavy Rain, Humboldt

When
March 6, 9:00 AM PST
Where
Humboldt County, Bridgeville to 0.1 mi S of Bridgeville
Property damage
$1,000
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
40.470, -123.800

Kneeland road at hwy 36 is closed due to a slide near Bridgeville, CA. |LAT. 40.47N, LONG. -123.80W.

Heavy Rain, Del Norte

When
March 6, 9:17 AM PST
Where
Del Norte County, 1.38 mi S of Klamath to 1.25 mi S of Klamath
Property damage
$4,000
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
41.510, -124.030

Slide is covering Klamath beach road, 1 mile south southeast of Klamath, CA.|LAT. 41.51N, LONG. -124.03W.

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

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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: 1179763, 1179959, 1179960, 1179975.