Heavy Rain — Santa Cruz, California
2008-12-15 · near Mesa Vlg, Santa Cruz, California
1
Direct deaths
$15K
Property damage
Event narrative
A wet mountain road caused a man to veer off highway 152 near Watsonville resulting in his death.
Wider weather episode
A cold core low pressure system produced winter storm conditions causing low elevation snow, minor flooding and isolated strong wind through the period December 15 through 17, 2009. Snow amounts ranged from a few inches in the hills around the San Francisco Bay Area to as high as nine inches at Mount Hamilton.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 148054. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.