Heavy Rain — Stanislaus, California

2008-10-04 · near (mod)modesto Arpt, Stanislaus, California

Event narrative

A new daily rainfall record of 0.46 inches was set at Modesto Airport. This broke the old record of 0.41 inches set in 1994.

Wider weather episode

There were periods of heavy rain from a Pacific storm on October 3rd and 4th. This brought rock and mud down onto several highways adjacent to areas that burned this past summer. Total rainfall amounts in the mountains exceeded 3 inches at some locations and several daily rainfall records were set in the Central Valley on October 4th. Slippery roads from this first major rain of the season led to numerous car accidents.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 137054. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.