Coastal Flood — Coastal Del Norte, California

2023-01-05 · Coastal Del Norte, California

Event narrative

Coastal flooding across HWY 101 southeast of Crescent City.

Wider weather episode

A quasi-stationary westerly upper flow regime yielded multiple atmospheric rivers over Northwest California during the first two weeks of January. Impacts from these events were widespread, both in terms of flooding and wind damage.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1074150. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.