Flood — Merced, California

2024-01-22 · near Snelling, Merced, California

Event narrative

California Highway Patrol reported flooding on SR 59 with two vehicles spun out near Fields Rd.

Wider weather episode

Following the departure of a storm which brought light to moderate precipitation to the area between the morning of January 20 and the early afternoon of January 21, a second system moved through central California between the late evening of January 21 and the afternoon of January 22. This system produced three quarters to an inch and a half of rainfall over Merced County and a half inch to an inch of liquid precipitation the the Sierra Nevada with the snow level around 8000 feet. Much of the remainder of the San Joaquin Valley and the Tehachapi Mountains picked up between a half inch and an inch of rainfall which produced some localized flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1148864. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.