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Hurricane Kathleen was a Category 1 Pacific hurricane that had a destructive impact in California. On September 7, 1976, a tropical depression formed; two days later it accelerated north towards the Baja California Peninsula. Kathleen brushed the Pacific coast of the peninsula as a hurricane on September 9 and made landfall as a fast-moving ...
The 1976 Pacific hurricane season was a very deadly and costly season. Hurricanes Kathleen, Liza, and Madeline were the most notable storms this year. Hurricane Kathleen caused death and destruction in California and Arizona due to flooding. Hurricane Liza was the deadliest storm of the season when it killed over 600 people in Mexico. Hurricane ...
Former Hurricane Kathleen in 1976 produced 14.76 inches (375 mm) of rainfall along Mount San Gorgonio, which was the highest precipitation in California related to an Atlantic or Pacific hurricane. Kathleen killed at least nine people in the state from heavy rainfall, with severe flooding affecting the city of Ocotillo. On some occasions ...
September 11, 1976 - Hurricane Kathleen brings heavy rain in the Reno area. [1] August 18, 1977 - Hurricane Doreen brought up to 4.14 in (105 mm) in the state of Nevada, the wettest tropical cyclone in the state at that time. [2] September 6, 1978 - Hurricane Norman brings snow in the Sierra Nevada, resulting in the deaths of four hikers. [3]
Tropical Storm Kathleen (1968) – not a threat to land. Tropical Storm Kathleen (1972) – came close to land. Hurricane Kathleen (1976) – Category 1 hurricane, made landfall in Baja as a tropical storm, moved into California and Arizona; In the Western Pacific Ocean: Typhoon Kathleen (T4709) – Affected KantÅ, Japan; In the Southwest ...
Hurricane Kathleen storm total rainfall map. One of six known eastern Pacific tropical cyclones to bring tropical storm-force winds to the Southwest, [24] Hurricane Kathleen accelerated northward ahead of an upper-level trough, spreading heavy rains into the transverse ranges of southern California. [25]
In 1976 Hurricane Kathleen's effects impacted the region around the canyon, destroying tracks and other trestles in Carrizo Gorge; [22] the trestle over Goat Canyon was also damaged, with some of its footings destroyed during the hurricane. [23] By 1981, repairs from the hurricane damage were completed. [24]
August 26–29, 2014 – Large swells from Hurricane Marie caused high waves that killed a surfer in Malibu. [35] January 2017 – Flooding at the beginning of the year affected mostly Northern California, which saw its wettest winter in almost a century, breaking the record set in 1982–1983 El Nino event. [36]