Heavy Rain in Shasta County, California

Heavy Rain November 19, 1996 · Shasta County, California

Deaths

The wider storm

Police determined that low visibility in the rain was the main factor as a driver missed a stop sign as he approached a road "T" and drove the car into a concrete abutment. The heavy rain also destroyed 60,000 books in the Shasta county library when the roof sprung a leak.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5578684. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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