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9/27/2024
WT Staff
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September 27, 2024 1115 am PDT
Moderate drought in Central Valley, north Coast
Another clear, sunny day at Visalia Municipal Airport, no hazardous weather in the forecast. Helene has ravaged Florida and Georgia since slamming into the Gulf Coast around 8 pm PDT last night, Category 4 Hurricane with sustained wind speed above 140 mph. Slowing over land, the storm system has caused flooding and wind damage effects with loss of life and tremendous environmental and property damage.
As of the latest local statement issued for Florida Gulf Coast by the National Weather Center, Tropical Storm Helene has exited Georgia leaving widespread flooding, see black tags on the Georgia map for flood details, here.
No impacts expected for California.
Streamflow Situation from the USGS network of streamflow gauges in California
An area in Central Valley watershed has moved on up to moderate drought rating overnight through east Shasta and west Lassen Counties. North Coastal watershed Region 1 has also taken on a moderate drought rating in southwest Humboldt County. Central Los Angeles County is rated below normal through along the Rio Hondo channel. Colorado River watershed remains in record low flow on Alamo River near Niland, and New River near Westmoreland.
See the brown tags on the map to the right for low flow levels in the 1st percentile range, some of the lowest levels recorded on this date in eighty-one years of monitoring New River near Westmoreland and 63 years monitoring the Alamo River near Niland. No extreme high flows or flood events are recorded in the monitoring network as of this report.
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