Power Outage in Hughson, CA

A cold trough from the Gulf of Alaska dropped into Northern California which brought a high impact winter storm to the region. Widespread precipitation, low snow levels of 500 to 2500 feet, and strong and damaging wind resulted. Impacts ranged from fallen trees, downed power and phone lines, trecherous driving conditions including chain controls and highway closures due to wind and/or snow, multiple accidents and spin outs due to snow, widespread power outages, damaged property due to wind, and injuries. Sacramento County was investigating several homeless related deaths due to cold weather; however, no reports have come back linking the two together.

January 27, 2021

Lightning. Lightning hit a tree in Oakdale, CA, causing a fire in nearby electrical transformer and resulting in a power outage. Three homes and a few vehicles were reported damaged.

March 21, 2017

Thunderstorm Wind. Straight line winds brought down trees at Coffee Rd. and Athens Rd. A large tree with shallow roots fell on power lines and brought down 12 power poles.

December 24, 2015

Tornado. A severe thunderstorm produced a tornado with multiple touch downs that moved through the north section of Denair, CA touching down around 1:54 pm PST and ending around 2:15 pm PST on Sunday, November 15, 2015. There were no injuries. About 21 homes were impacted, 2 of them with major damage, but most with minor roof damage. Many fences were knocked down. Numerous trees and tree branches were brought down, including several large trees and numerous sections of trees in walnut groves. Power lines were knocked down causing local power outages. The multiple touch down path was about 3 miles long. The damage path was about 175-200 yards at the widest point.

November 15, 2015

Heavy Rain. Modesto Airport recorded 1.57 inches of rainfall on the 13th, which was a record for the date. This broke the old record of 0.76 inches set in 1962. The heavy rain caused minor street flooding, primarily as a result of clogged storm drains.||Strong, gusty winds peaking at 47 mph at Modesto Airport brought down hundreds of trees, large tree branches, and power lines resulting in power outages in Stanislaus County. Falling trees also badly damaged numerous cars and houses.

October 13, 2009

The weather outside is frightful, but it’s delightful to have rain! Rain and wind brings the potential for scattere… https://t.co/tVyVv4OBLT

@mod_irrigation - December 10, 2022 19:16

There are a series of storms in the forecast, which could cause weather-related outages in our area. Crews are read… https://t.co/kO0DSQWApq

@TurlockID - December 09, 2022 23:44

Weather services advises there could be downed limbs and trees and localized power outages. https://t.co/3ZQsaF0FH8

@modbee - November 08, 2022 16:59

@GOPChairwoman Newsom warned what would happen in an *emergency* if people didn’t conserve for a few days. They did… https://t.co/RlTSoMdKLk

@mskarenkory - September 08, 2022 18:04

So a power outage that isn’t my fault raises my water bill from $158 to $807 how does that work….

@speeDkillz21 - September 07, 2022 21:17