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Atmospheric River Bringing Heavy Rain to Southern California and Heavy Snow to the Sierra Nevadas

A strong atmospheric river will continue heavy rain over southern California through Friday. The heaviest rainfall is ongoing today in the Los Angeles Basin. Flash and urban flooding is possible. A prolonged heavy snowfall has begun over the Sierra Nevada Mountains and will continue through Friday. Travel will become increasingly difficult over the passes due to snow and strong winds. Read More >

Overview

Several days of showers and thunderstorms brought a few inches of rain across the forecast area from October 13-16, 2013. Heaviest amounts occurred in Richland into Otter Tail counties over to Wadena, where 2-3 inches fell, but many areas got 1 to 2 inches of rain.
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