Flood — Siskiyou, California

2015-02-08 to 2015-02-09 · near Weed Arpt, Siskiyou, California

Event narrative

Heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms dropped an estimated 1-4 inches of rain in 12-18 hours from Dunsmuir north to the Weed area. An underground culvert was overwhelmed and water backed up into several buildings and over roads in Weed. An emergency manager reported that the Sacramento River was beginning to overrun its banks near Dunsmuir. Some flooding was also reported near burn scars in Weed.

Wider weather episode

A line of heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms dropped an estimated 1-4 inches of rain in south central Siskiyou county from Dunsmuir north to the Weed area. There was some flooding as a result of this.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 551747. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.