Coastal Flood — Mendocino Coast, California

2023-01-05 · Mendocino Coast, California

Event narrative

Parking lot was flooded 1 mile south of Fort Bragg due to coastal storm surge at high tide.

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 1074849. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.