Flooding and Heavy Snow in California, November 22 to 27, 2024

California Highway Patrol reported flooding across the entire roadway at State Route 99 and Keefer Road due to heavy rain.

California Highway Patrol reported flooding along CA-99 from Aramayo Way in Los Molinos to CA-36 near Red Bluff. There was over 1 foot of water in the roadway with multiple vehicles stuck in the road. Flooding led to a closure of CA-99.

California Highway Patrol reported flooding across all lanes of the Interstate 5 southbound offramp onto J Street due to heavy rain and clogged drains.

California Highway Patrol reported heavy flooding on the Highway 50 onramp at Jefferson Boulevard from heavy rain.

California Highway Patrol reported flooding of several lanes at the Highway 50 and State Route 99 connection.

California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding near Vina from heavy rain.

California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at the Interstate 80 and Truxel Road Junction, with two lanes flooded.

The National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center estimated storm total snow amounts of 6 to 30 inches above 5500 feet, with over 4 feet at Lassen Peak. CoCoRaHS observations near Meadow Valley reported trace amounts of snow at 4380 feet.

Caltrans reported storm total snow amounts of 12 to 25 inches along Interstate 80. UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab reported 19.8 inches. Ski resorts measured amounts of 12 to 31 inches over the period.

California Highway Patrol reported multiple onramps and offramps flooded along the Interstate 80 and Highway 50 junction, and on Highway 50 east of Sacramento.

California Highway Patrol reported the entire roadway was flooded at the intersection of County Road 13 and County Road 96.

California Highway Patrol reported a slide of mud, dirt, and large rocks in the southbound lane at Gallagher Road and Salmon Falls Road from heavy rain.

California Highway Patrol reported a vehicle accident due to standing water in the roadway at Pleasant Grove Road and Kempton Road.

California Highway Patrol reported an incident with a vehicle stuck in water and could not open doors on the Interstate 80 and Chiles Road offramp due to heavy rain.

California Highway Patrol reported flooding across the northbound lanes near the intersection of State Route 99 and Richvale Highway.

California Highway Patrol reported that the field next to the roadway flooded into the northbound lanes of State Route 99 at Nelson Shippee Road.

California Highway Patrol reported that half of the roadway was flooded at the intersection of State Route 16 and West Kentucky Avenue.

California Highway Patrol reported water running down the road and into standing water with all lanes affected at Franklin Road and Acacia Avenue due to heavy rain.

California Highway Patrol reported continued flooding of all lanes of State Route 45 at Prince Street.

California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding along Highway 70 northbound at Garden Drive.

California Highway Patrol reported multiple vehicles stuck in water on the road at Colusa Highway and Cherokee Canal Road due to heavy rain.

California Highway Patrol reported the closure of State Route 99 and State Route 162 due to flooding from heavy rain.

California Highway Patrol reported the closure of the Westbound Interstate 80 and Eastbound Highway 50 connection due to flooding from heavy rain.

California Highway Patrol reported the road closure of Highway 99 between State Route 162 and State Route 149 due to roadway flooding from heavy rain.

California Highway Patrol reported flooding over the roadway, leading to the closure of westbound lanes of State Route 162 at Aguas Frias Road.

California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at the Interstate 780 and Military West onramp, prompting a closure of the onramp from around 0945 AM PST through 1700 PST on November 23rd.

California Highway Patrol reported closure of Highway 162 north at County Road Z due to flooding from heavy rain.

Placer County Sheriff reported a group of three men went to fish in the North American River, north of Folsom Lake on November 23rd. Two of the men, both 20 years old, got into the water. One of them was swept away by the strong currents and the second man tried to help but was also pulled into the current. The recovery operation was extremely technical and in a portion of the river with rapids and strong current due to the storm. Both 20 year old men drowned and their bodies were recovered downstream on November 25th.

California Highway Patrol reported multiple slides consisting of mud, rock and dirt along State Route 70 in Feather River Canyon from heavy rain.