Heavy Rain — Alameda, California

2008-11-01 · near Mills College, Alameda, California

Event narrative

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).

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 142855. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.