Heavy Rain — Calaveras, California

1998-01-18 · near Countywide, Calaveras, California

Wider weather episode

0.75 inches of rain in 6 hours in downtown Sacramento was one of the lighter rainfall totals as a Pacific storm brought brief but heavy rain to the Sacramento and Northern San Joaquin Valleys and surrounding foothills. 27,000 customers across the area lost power at sometime during the storm. Numerous traffic accidents also occurred, including one near Loomis, CA in which two teens were drowned as their car flipped into a flooded ditch.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5633139. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.