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Hundreds of San Diego homes and businesses were damaged or ruined in devastating floods after punishing rainfall fell Monday during a 'thousand-year storm.'
A bomb cyclone is a storm that strengthens so fast that the central atmospheric pressure plunges 0.71 of an inch (24 millibars) or more in 24 hours or less. The central pressure in Tuesday's bomb ...
A major atmospheric river storm is expected to make landfall Wednesday in Northern California, moving south over the next 48 hours. It's bringing heavy rains, strong winds and significant snowfall.
San Diego received record rainfall for California at higher elevations causing floods and prompting road closures. [22] [18] Two tornado warnings would be issued for portions of San Diego County by the National Weather Service due to a severe thunderstorm produced by the storm complex, although no damage would be caused. [23] [24]
Satellite images of one of the first extratropical cyclones responsible for the flooding (unofficially named "Winter Storm Iras" by The Weather Channel).. The high-amplitude ridge off the West Coast that characterized the 2011–17 California drought, dubbed the "Ridiculously Resilient Ridge", was replaced by a persistent presence of anomalous troughs affected California.
Flynn called the system's impact on Northern California this week "unprecedented," citing a record amount of rainfall in Santa Rosa, with 12.47 inches falling over three days.
The storm's remnants also spread rainfall across the state, reaching 5.85 in (149 mm), which resulted in flooding that killed three people in San Bernardino. [4] [17] [18] September 20–21, 1983 – After dissipating offshore, the remnants of Hurricane Manuel produced 2.85 in (72 mm) of rain in the deserts of southern California. [3]
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