View from firis Intel of the Tulare county levee breaks.
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Second Round coming
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Drone shots from Jan. Piper was a strong kickoff to this year’s flood siege. The ram is still at the gate, but these pauses give the sequestering assets time to shunt the overload. I think it’s reasonable to describe conditions that force evacuations in the thousands that last weeks as a Siege. Triage actions are responsible for some of these reservoir release evacuations and SAR assignments.
Cosumnes River Levee Repairs 01-11-2023 - YouTube
California Conservation Corps at Planada 01-13-2023 - YouTube
The cries of ‘bag’ and ‘got it’ are familiar to the California Conservation Corps. Corpsmembers past and present. Communication is an important part of how to safely and efficiently chain sandbags into place and construct sandbag structures to fight floods. During these January storms, Corpsmembers have taken their annual flood fight training into the real world and atop levees. The mission to protect homes, businesses, and critical infrastructure can be repetitive, exhausting, and just plain dirty. For these young adults, it’s a challenge they tackled without a second thought. (ed.)
Training Put to Use Protecting Merced Community of Planada - YouTube
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Summary:
- Scattered showers mainly over the higher terrain and along the Srn CA coast tapering off during the day today. Freezing levels around 2.5-4 kft near ORCA border and 4-6 kft over the Sierra and 5-8 kft over Srn Ca.
- Cooler system tonight into Wednesday with bulk of precip mainly along the I-80 corridor and south. Best totals will range from 1.00 to 4.00", locally 4" to 6" in southern CA higher terrain from LA to San Diego. Freezing levels around 3-5 Kft.
- More precip Thursday into Saturday mainly over Srn OR and Nrn CA and NV and along the Sierra.
- Modest river rises and recessions attributed to Sunday/Monday observed precipitation.
- High flow will continue throughout the San Joaquin system due to reservoir releases and forecasted precipitation, with many locations above monitor or flood stage.
- Additional rises are expected Tuesday into Wednesday particularly for southern CA, where some locations are forecasted to exceed monitor stage.
Confidence: Medium
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- Cooler system continues to impact the region the rest of today into Wednesday with bulk of precip mainly along the I-80 corridor and south. Isolated thunderstorms this afternoon/evening.
- Best totals will range from 1.00 to 2.50" across lower elevation areas, and 3-6.50" across the central/southern CA coastal mountains. Freezing levels around 3-5.5 Kft.
- More precip Thursday into Saturday mainly over Srn OR and Nrn CA and NV and along the Sierra.
- High flow will continue throughout the San Joaquin system due to reservoir releases and forecasted precipitation, with many locations above monitor or flood stage.
- Additional rises are expected Tuesday into Wednesday particularly for southern CA. Flood stage is possible at several locations near San Diego.
Confidence: Medium
Staffing Level: Extended (0600-2200 PST)
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Summary:
- Lingering showers the rest of today with isolated thunderstorms possible in the afternoon/evening.
- Light precip over northern CA/NV and southern OR late this week into the weekend as a couple troughs move into the PacNW.
- Next system with widespread precipitation potential expected early next week, uncertainty due to model differences.
- High flow will continue throughout the San Joaquin system due to reservoir releases and forecasted precipitation, with many locations above monitor or flood stage.
- Modest local rises may occur along with ongoing precipitation today.
Confidence: Medium, Low early next week
Staffing Level: Normal
My impression is that Dr. Daniel Swain swings a pretty big stick in IMET circles. In this Office Hours, he explains some of the factors in the last-minute movement of this ‘changeup’ storm, the struggle for fine-grained accuracy, the danger of high winds, and responds to questions.
New Flood Warnings from Half Moon Bay. The Santa Margarita River on Camp Pendelton and the San Diego River at Fashion Valley have new Flood Warnings for roadways, bridges and into parking structures from this storm. Ongoing Flood Stages on the Santa Rosa River.
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Tornado hit Montebello area of Los Angeles around 11:00 hours. Damage to commercial structures.
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FUN FACT! Back in the day when I grew up South Texas. The Mosquito Fogger was a big deal to us kids running thru the fog. This event happen all over the south.
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