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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

East-southeast moving storms tracked across southwest Manitoba early Sunday morning (July 14th). Just after sunrise, these storms moved into the Hansboro to Sarles (ND) area. By mid-morning, these storms had shifted into Walsh County (ND), before weakening again. Then there was a break of a few hours before storms flared up again across southeast North Dakota and west central Minnesota just after 3 pm. These storms were slow movers, but finally exited the area by 7 pm.
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