Heavy Rain — Stanislaus, California

2008-01-04 · near (mod)modesto Arpt, Stanislaus, California

Event narrative

A strong Pacific storm resulted in a new daily rainfall record of 1.21 inches at Modesto on January 5th. This broke the old record of 0.79 inches set in 1995.

Wider weather episode

A powerful Pacific storm brought widespread winds gusting to 60 mph and in some areas to more than 80 mph across interior Northern California, causing extensive damage and numerous power outages. Rainfall and liquid equivalent amounts ranged from 2 to 3 inches in the northern Central Valley and 4 to 11 inches in the mountains of Shasta County. Snowfall totals of 3 to 11 feet were reported in the northern Sierra Nevada Mountains, with winds up to and possibly exceeding 100 mph coupled with heavy snow bringing blizzard conditions.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 79076. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.