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| Event typeevent_type | Heavy Rain |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 509,973 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 84,474 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 2014-02-07T19:40:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 2014-02-07T19:40:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | CALIFORNIA |
| County/zone typecz_type | C |
| County/zone namecz_name | KERN |
| Latitudelat | 35.200 |
| Longitudelon | -118.670 |
| End latitudeend_lat | 35.200 |
| End longitudeend_lon | -118.670 |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 0 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 0 |
| Damage propertydamage_property | 0.00K |
| Damage cropsdamage_crops | 0.00K |
| Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source | Trained Spotter |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | The storm that reached the central California interior at the end of January heralded a week of unsettled weather for the region. February 1st saw low-level clouds banked against the San Joaquin Valley-facing slopes of the mountains in Kern and Tulare Counties, with clouds pushing into the Tehachapi Pass. The next day, a low-pressure system dropped south along the northern California coast, bringing precipitation to the region during the afternoon. This was a cold system, with the snow level down to around 3000 feet (and even lower in stronger snow showers). Yet despite the cold, unstable airmass, cloud cover inhibited thunderstorm development.||Despite the generally light rainfall amounts on the San Joaquin Valley floor, there was enough boundary-layer moisture to trigger patchy dense fog development in eastern Kings and western Tulare Counties (where the heaviest rain had fallen) around sunrise on February 3rd. Over the mountains, clouds rimmed the San Joaquin Valley and isolated showers were reported over the Southern Sierra Nevada.||Low temperatures in the central and southern San Joaquin Valley dropped below freezing during the morning of February 4th, with patchy frost reported in the coldest rural areas. These cold low temperatures continued the next morning, then clouds associated with the first major winter storm of the season arrived during the afternoon of the 5th.||The storm brought moderate to heavy rain to the central and southern San Joaquin Valley on February 6th, except for the strongly rain-shadowed south end of the Valley. Fresno received 0.80 inch of rain on the 6th, nearly two thirds of the total for November through January of 1.26 inch. In sharp contrast, Bakersfield only recorded 0.04 inch, one twentieth of Fresno���s amount. Heavy snow fell in the Southern Sierra Nevada, with the snotel at Big Meadows receiving an estimated two feet of new snow, with Dana Meadows getting only a few inches less. ||Unsettled weather continued through February 10th. As upper-level impulses moved over the area, periods of light showers continued across the central California interior. However, rainfall amounts, even when totaled from February 7th through the 10th, were considerably less than on the 6th. In the Southern Sierra Nevada, an estimated 4 to 7 inches of additional snow fell above 9000 feet. Further south, a mix of rain and snow was reported on February 7th near Bear Valley Springs in the Tehachapi Mountains. |
| Event narrativeevent_narrative | A rain and snow mix. Heavy rain also occurred during a 24 hour period in Bear Valley Springs. |
| Yearyear | 2,014 |
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