There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. Flash flooding warnings were in effect late Saturday in Tuolumne County, with roads submerged around Sonora and neighboring communities. Another set of tornado warnings were briefly issued in Fresno Count y, nearly 100 miles (160.93 kilometers) south of Gold Country. The 1892 clubhouse, a San Francisco historical landmark, was left severely damaged, with part of the roof crushed and the inside flooded.įunnel clouds were spotted in the Jamestown area - the heart of California’s Gold Rush - on Saturday afternoon and the weather service issued a tornado warning - later canceled - for the Sierra Nevada foothills as severe thunderstorms, hail and high winds blanketed the region. In San Francisco, an 85-foot (25.91 meter) eucalyptus tree fell onto the Trocadero Clubhouse early Saturday morning. The National Weather Service’s meteorologists issued flood warnings and advisories, begging motorists to stay off deluged roadways.

In Tulare County, the sheriff ordered residents who live near the Tule River to evacuate, while people near the Poso Creek in Kern County were under an evacuation warning.

State reservoirs that had dipped to strikingly low levels are now well above the average for this time of year, prompting state officials to release water from dams to assist with flood control and make room for even more rain.Īcross the state on Saturday, Californians contended with drenching rains and rising water levels in the atmospheric river’s aftermath. This week’s storm marked the state’s 10th atmospheric river of the winter, storms that have brought enormous amounts of rain and snow to the state and helped lessen the drought conditions that had dragged on for three years. “It’s tragic, we were so close to getting this done before any storms,” he said. John Laird, who spearheaded the law and represents the area, said the project is fully funded now but it just came down to bad timing with this year’s rains. It was scheduled to start construction in 2024. A state law, passed last year, advanced state funds for a levee project.

Two peopled died and the flooding caused nearly $100 million in damage. In 1995, the Pajaro River’s levees broke, submerging 2,500 acres (1,011 hectares) of farmland and the community of Pajaro.

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