Flood — Trinity, California

2021-10-24 · near Ruth, Trinity, California

Event narrative

Minor flooding on county road due to 4 inches of rain over a 24 hour time period.

Wider weather episode

Several rounds of heavy rain occurred across northwest California from October 21st to October 25th. The first round of heavy rainfall was associated with a frontal passage, and that event yielded rainfall rates sufficient for debris flows occurring across the River Complex burn scar. The next heavy rainfall event was associated with a classic atmospheric river on October 24th. Impacts were mainly limited to nuisance flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 985018. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.