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October 1962 – The atmospheric river associated with the Columbus Day storm produced flooding and mudslides, particularly in the San Francisco Bay Area. Oakland set an all time calendar day record with 4.52 inches (115 mm) of rain on the 13th, as did Sacramento with 3.77 inches (96 mm).
The North Bay was also severely impacted by flooding. In Novato , a levee along Novato creek broke, leading to severe inundations up to 8–10 feet (2.4–3.0 m) deep. In total, 3.45 square miles (8.9 km 2 ) of fields and pastures in Novato were flooded, and SR 37 was shut down for a period of time. [ 47 ]
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.
Southern California is under a flood watch until Wednesday morning (National Weather Service) Los Angeles has already seen several mudslides since this week’s storm began on Sunday.
In the Bay Area, after a short reprieve Friday, a moderate storm will blow back in over the weekend, renewing the risk of flooding. The Russian River in Guerneville could swell past flood stage ...
'Atmospheric river' floods Northern California and may have contributed to at least 3 deaths. ... Nearby Oakland, however, set its one-day record by scoring 4.75 inches of rain, the National ...
Great Flood of 1862; Los Angeles flood of 1938; 1939 California tropical storm; Christmas flood of 1964; 1997 California New Years Floods; 1997 Merced River flood; Los Angeles County flood of 2005; 2017 California floods; January 2018 Western United States floods; 2022–2023 California floods
APTOPIX California Waiting for Floods Farmland in the Tulare Lake Basin is submerged in water in Corcoran, Calif., Thursday, April 20, 2023, after more than a dozen atmospheric rivers dumped ...