An atmospheric river has dumped quite a bit of rainfall across Northern California for the past three days. Many locations have picked up record rainfall, including Sacramento which broke a record for the amount of rain received in one day on Tuesday, February 26. The new record is 1.85". The previous record was .77" set in 2007. With so much rainfall coming in such a short period of time, there are many local rivers near flood stage.
MAJOR FLOODING:
Cache Creek - Yolo
Observed - 83.9 ft
Monitor - 75.0 ft
Flood Stage - 81 ft
NEAR OR AT FLOOD STAGE:
Sacramento River - Red Bluff
Observed - 254 ft
Monitor - 250 ft
Flood Stage - 253 ft
Sacramento River - Tehama Bridge
Observed - 217 ft
Monitor - 210 ft
Flood Stage - 213 ft
Sacramento River - Vina Woodson Bridge
Observed - 186.4 ft
Monitor - 180 ft
Flood Stage - 183 ft
Sacramento River - Hamilton City
Observed - 147.1 ft
Monitor - 143 ft
Flood Stage - 148 ft
Sacramento River - Ord Ferry
Observed - 113 ft
Monitor - 110 ft
Flood Stage - 114 ft
Rain showers will taper off during the day Thursday. The sunshine returns Friday giving us an opportunity to dry out. More rain expected this weekend.