California, 2025

Heavy Rain and Winter Weather in California, February 6, 2025

February 6, 2025 · NWS EKA · 5 events in 4 counties and zones

An upper level trough with a cold core brings the threat of low elevation snow and wintry weather. Flooding will also impact areas in the CWA as stages rise in reaction to precipitation.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$18,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

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 upper level trough with a cold core brings the threat of low elevation snow and wintry weather. Flooding will also impact areas in the CWA as stages rise in reaction to 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 Feb 6, 3:58 AM PST, 9 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 3:58 AM PST, 9 hours 20 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 6, 7:46 AM PST, 5 hours 32 minutes before
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Event by event

3 heavy rain, 2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Northern Trinity

When
February 6, 1:18 PM PST
Where
Northern Trinity forecast zone
Property damage
$12,000
Reported by
Law Enforcement

Reported 4-8 inches of accumulation at this location. A tractor trailer is blocking the roadway with an additional vehicle immobalized in a ditch. Lat. 40.64N, Long. -122.75W.

Winter Weather, Northern Humboldt Interior

When
February 6, 4:41 PM PST
Where
Northern Humboldt Interior forecast zone
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
40.705, -123.916 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Snow accumulation causing hazardous driving conditions on the SR299. Law enforcement closed the SR299 due to snow 5 miles north northeast of Willow Creek between mile markers 7.5 - 38. Lat. 40.94N, Long. -123.65W.

Heavy Rain, Mendocino

When
February 6, 6:38 PM PST
Where
Mendocino County, 2.62 mi SW of Clare Mill to 2.9 mi SW of Clare Mill
Property damage
$1,000
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
39.400, -123.450

Heavy rain caused a slide which blocked the east bound lane, blocking traffic.|Lat. 39.40N, Long. -123.45W.

Heavy Rain, Humboldt

When
February 6, 7:45 PM PST
Where
Humboldt County, 4.31 mi N of Hoopa to 4.33 mi NNW of Hoopa
Property damage
$4,000
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
41.111, -123.685

A landslide from heavy rain blocking both lanes of Highway 96, 4 miles north northwest of Hoopa, CA. Lat. 41.11N, Long. -123.69W.

Heavy Rain, Mendocino

When
February 6, 8:15 PM PST
Where
Mendocino County, 0.69 mi N of Albion to 0.71 mi N of Albion
Property damage
$1,000
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
39.230, -123.770

West bound lane of Highway 1 closed due to a slide from rainfall. |Lat. 39.23N, Long. -123.77W.

What these are

Winter Weather
Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1263170, 1263171, 1263172, 1263173, 1263210.