A storm which affected the West Coast from Wednesday, Dec 10 through Friday, Dec 12 hit California with 14.48" of rain (Whiskeytown), 19.8" of snow (Lodgepole), and a 139 mph wind gust (Benton). Numerous other locations reported very heavy rainfall and 100+ mph winds. From the Weather Prediction Center's storm summary:
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 900 AM PST WED DEC 10 THROUGH 600 PM PST FRI DEC 12... ...CALIFORNIA... WHISKEYTOWN 1 SSW 14.48 LAKESHORE SHASTA CO 11.24 HAWKEYE 11.22 BOGGS MOUNTAIN RAWS 10.24 PESCADERO 9.70 GIRARD 9.64 MT. SAINT HELENA 9.06 BOULDER CREEK 9 WNW 8.89 SHASTA DAM 8.88 WHISPERING PINES 8.76 MINERAL 8.47 BIG SUR RAWS 8.31 STIRLING CITY 8.27 YORKVILLE 7.52 SAN MARCOS PASS 5.23 LOS PRIETOS 4.31 SAN FRANCISCO 2 SSW 4.28 LYTLE CREEK RAWS 3.93 ORO GRANDE 3.73 MONTERY NWS 3.54 LAKE ARROWHEAD NW 3.49 SAN FRANCISCO DOWNTOWN 3.46 PASADENA 3.43 SAN JOSE ARPT 3.39 SACRAMENTO 2 SE 3.33 OAKLAND ARPT 3.22 SANTIAGO PEAK 3.00 BEVERLY HILLS 1.91 LA DOWNTOWN 1.58 SANTA ANA 1.58 ...OREGON... GOLD BEACH 2.78 SELMA 5 NNE 2.53 OBRIEN 2 SSW 2.14 MERLIN 2 W 2.11 LEES CAMP 1.90 FLORENCE 2 NW 1.45 HASKINS DAM 1.20 DALLAS 1.11 ...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 900 AM PST WED DEC 10 THROUGH 600 PM PST FRI DEC 12... ...CALIFORNIA... LODGEPOLE 9 N 19.8 DONNER SUMMIT 19.0 SODA SPRINGS 3 ENE 19.0 CARSON PASS 16.0 SQUAW VALLEY 16.0 BLUE CANYON 14.8 ALPINE MEADOWS 14.0 DEVILS POSTPILE 7 NNW 14.0 KINGVALE 13.0 KIRKWOOD MEADOWS 1 SE 13.0 LAKE WISHON 4 ENE 10.5 MANZANIA LAKE 1 WNW 10.0 KINGVALE 1 W 9.0 BIG BEAR RESORT 8.0 FAWNSKIN 6.5 BASS LAKE 11 E 5.8 TWAIN 6 S 4.0 FLORENCE LAKE 7 WNW 3.0 OAKHURST 8 N 2.5 YOSEMITE VALLEY 1 NNE 0.7 ...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE EVENT... ...CALIFORNIA... SODA SPRINGS 4 SE 135 WHITE MOUNTAIN PEAK NE 113 INCLINE VILLAGE 6 NE 112 MAMMOTH LAKES 3 W 111 ALPINE MEADOWS 1 SW 109 GRAPEVINE 3 SSE 105 SIERRAVILLE 5 SSE 74 KEENE 7 SW 71 MT. DIABLO 68 WOODACRE 63 GASQUET 12 SE 62 WEITCHPEC 11 WSW 60 PETROLIA 4 S 58 CRESCENT CITY 1 ESE 53 KNEELAND 50 ...NEVADA... BENTON 4 E 139 BLUE EAGLE RANCH 11 SSE 96 GARDNERVILLE 5 WSW 93 GALENA E 82 GREAT BASIN NATION 3 WNW 78 CARSON CITY 3 ENE 76 RENO 4 SE 70 SPANISH SPRINGS AIR 3 W 66 VERDI 4 E 63 EUREKA AIRPORT 60 ...OREGON... RUCH 12 S 117 SQUAW PEAK 117 CAYUSE 1 WNW 95 MILTON-FREEWATER 11 ENE 91 MT HEBO 90 MT. HEBO 90 PORT ORFORD 5 SE 90 TILLAMOOK 15 ESE 90 SEA LION CAVES 89 MARYS PEAK 88 BROOKINGS 1 SE 81 NEWPORT SOUTH JETTY 79 KOOSKOOSKIE 3 WSW 78 SPRAGUE RIVER 12 NNW 76 PENDLETON 10 SE 75 SUTHERLIN 7 ESE 75 YACHAT NNW 75 ASHLAND 1 ENE 74 PORTLAND ARPT 67 ...WASHINGTON... NASELLE 77 PORT TOWNSEND 3 E 70 DIXIE 64 WALLA WALLA 63 CAMANO 2 SSE 61 WAITSBURG 61 FREELAND 2 SSE 59 PORT TOWNSEND 1 SE 59 MCCHORD AFB 58 BANKS 56 VANCOUVER LAKE 2 NNE 55
At Buoy 46015 - 15 nautical miles west of Port Orford, OR (near Medford) - wave heights reached 31.5 feet:
Waves were as high as 15.7 feet as far south as buoy 46047 - 121 nautical miles west of San Diego.
This storm knocked out power to at least 113,000 customers, produced damaging mudslides including this one at Camarillo Springs, and even produced an EF0 tornado in South Los Angeles.
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