Power Outage in Shasta, CA

A series of strong winter storms moved across northern California Friday through Monday. Storms just a few days earlier had area small creeks and streams running high. Moisture from these storms resulted in numerous areas of low land flooding, small creek and stream flooding and main stem rivers getting high enough to flow over Weirs, that are part of the flood control system in the Northern Valley. This made local news as it was the first time in 4 years that the Weirs flowed since CA drought began back in 2012. There were also breezy to gusty winds with this system that resulted in power outages from downed trees and power lines. Wet slushy snow over the Sierra Nevada passes resulted in numerous slow downs and delays from slide offs and other accidents. A CHP officer was fatally injured when he was struck by a vehicle that lost control on the slick roads.

March 11, 2016

Strong Winds caused large numbers of power outages. A majority of these outages were along the Sierra Nevada foothills. Snow up to 12 to 17 inches fell in the Sierra, causing a period of travel difficulties over Sierra passes.

February 17, 2016

A strong cold front produced thunderstorms with hail and powerful, damaging winds. Snow in the mountains caused moderate travel impacts.

January 12, 2016

Heavy Rain. Redding Airport recorded 1.37 inches of rainfall on the 13th. Clear Lake (3300 feet elevation) recorded 7.52 inches of rain in the 24 hour period ending at 5 pm on the 13th. Several automated gages and CoCoRaHS observers in the higher elevations of northern Shasta County reported storm total rainfall amounts on the 13th and 14th exceeding 12 inches.||Several storm gutters and drains were clogged in Redding, with some local street flooding occurring.||There were gusty winds up to 51 mph, with large numbers of trees and branches reported down in Shasta County, causing at hundreds of customers to lose power. A number of cars were damaged by falling trees.||Snow caused the closure of Highway 89 in Lassen Volcanic National Park, where there was more than 6 inches of accumulation at 8,500 feet elevation.

October 13, 2009

Redding, CA (10:14 AM) Grid Power Outage Event >> The Ting Network detected an Electric Utility Grid Power Outage e… https://t.co/836kDMl0yu

@grid_events - January 08, 2023 18:30

Here’s a snapshot of forecast winds at 2:30 AM tonight — we could see 60+ mph gusts in the valley and at the coast.… https://t.co/Rwqil8B8vm

@PrestonDonion - December 26, 2022 23:25

All areas in gold are under a High Wind Warning until 10 AM Tuesday, with sustained southerly winds of 30-40mph and… https://t.co/ouAturyXLI

@PrestonDonion - December 26, 2022 17:30

Redding, CA (8:14 AM) Grid Power Outage Event >> The Ting Network detected an Electric Utility Grid Power Outage ev… https://t.co/mdNMZ31EvA

@grid_events - November 23, 2022 16:30

@lemonmomcanada Power outages are becoming a regular here. Went and bought a generator cause spoiled food sucks ass… https://t.co/jcPS8C2Zoo

@meatloafgrrr - September 15, 2022 16:22