Flood — Sonoma, California

2024-11-21 · near (sts)santa Rosa Arpt, Sonoma, California

Event narrative

A driver escaped rising flood waters on River and Slusser Roads in Santa Rosa. Sonoma County Fire District spokeswoman Karen Hancock told KTVU (FOX Oakland/San Francisco) that the driver decided to drive through the deep water at River and Slusser Roads despite flood warnings not to do so.

Wider weather episode

The first atmospheric river of the winter storm season created flooding across the North Bay between November 20 and 23. The atmospheric river was accompanied by a very rapidly intensifying cyclone that deepened by 66 millibars within 24 hours, easily meeting the criteria for bomb cyclogenesis. The greatest impacts were concentrated across the North Bay as the river stalled over the region. The North Bay valleys received nearly a foot of rain in three days and the mountains received as much as 22.57 inches (from the Venado gauge).

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1220578. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.