California Storm Parade Will Last Into Early Week With More Flooding, Feet Of Sierra Snow

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T​he stormy pattern that's gripped California since late December has produced over a foot of rain in parts of Northern and Southern California. Major flooding, debris flows and damaging winds have been widespread impacts.

(​MORE: Flooding, Damaging Winds Hit California)

P​arts of California have now seen more rain from this siege of storms that began around Christmas than in entire recent years. It's been the wettest 15-day stretch since 1866 in San Francisco.

(​MORE: Perspective On The Siege Of Storms)

The most recent, powerful storm arrived Monday into Tuesday and caused flooding to become widespread.

A​mong the areas hardest hit were parts of Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo and Santa Cruz counties.

S​anta Barbara had its wettest January day on record Monday (4.22 inches), and fourth wettest all-time since 1941.

R​ecord river crests were set on the Ventura River at Foster Park and the Salinas River at Paso Robles, topping previous records set in each location on Jan. 25, 1969. Bear Creek on the northeast side of Merced, California, also topped its previous record crest from April 2006, with flooding reported in parts of the city.

In an early Tuesday morning forecast discussion, the National Weather Service in Oxnard wrote, "This has been the most impressive storm since Jan. 5-7, 2005".

Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued Tuesday morning for the Sacramento metro due to strong thunderstorm winds and the threat of additional downed trees in ground soaked by heavy rain.

Wind gusts up to 69 mph were recorded in San Francisco around 2 a.m. PT, where a roof was blown off an apartment building.

The NWS confirmed a brief EF1 tornado damaged numerous trees northeast of Milton in Calaveras County, Tuesday. Straight-line winds estimated at 75 mph lifted a large horse barn over a fence east of Oakdale in Stanislaus County, according to the NWS.

S​ierra snow has been no less prolific and impressive.

M​ammoth Mountain has picked up 190 inches of snow since Dec. 26, almost 16 feet.

T​his storm parade pushed Sierra snowpack to record levels for mid-January.

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