Flood in Yolo County, California

California highway patrol reported a slide and a 30 ft wide stream of water going across the roadway on SR16. Reported storm total rainfall amounts in the general area were in excess of 2.5 inches.

Several high impact winter storms impacted the region around the Christmas holiday. Widespread precipitation, low snow levels of 500 to 2500 feet, and strong and damaging winds resulted. Impacts ranged from fallen trees, downed power and phone lines, with widespread and extended outages, treacherous driving conditions including chain controls and extended highway closures due to wind and/or snow, multiple accidents and spin outs due to snow, damaged property due to snow and wind. Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in 20 California counties due to the impacts from the series of storms. The affected areas include: El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento and Yuba counties, but also Los Angeles and parts of the Bay Area. As of 12/29 1300 hours, Cal-OES estimated that the late December storm damages to roadway infrastructure total $22.2 million. Warming centers were also opened across the region for those impacted by the stormy weather.