Heavy Rain in Alameda County, California

Heavy Rain November 1, 2008 · Alameda County, California

Death

Injuries

$15K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Heavy rain caused many vehicle collisions in the San Francisco East Bay area on Saturday. One crash in particular resulted in a vehicle carrying six passengers flipping into the canal that splits Hegenberger Expressway near Hamilton Street in Oakland. The nineteen year old male driver died in the crash (indirect fatality).

The wider storm

A warm winter storm brought heavy rain to Northern and Central California inducing debris flows over recent fire scarred areas, causing power outages, downing trees and causing numerous traffic collisions.

Began near Mills College (37.7564, -122.1902).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 142855. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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