Flood — Yolo, California

2021-12-22 to 2021-12-23 · near Woodland, Yolo, California

Event narrative

Yolo county reported numerous flooded and closed roadways. Reported storm total rainfall amounts in the area were around 2 to 2.5 inches.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1001950. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.