A powerful Pacific storm brought widespread winds gusting to 60 mph and in some areas to more than 80 mph across interior Northern California, causing extensive damage and numerous power outages.   Rainfall and liquid equivalent amounts ranged from 2 to 3 inches in the northern Central Valley and 4 to 11 inches in the mountains of Shasta County.  Snowfall totals of 3 to 11 feet were reported in the northern Sierra Nevada Mountains, with winds up to and possibly exceeding 100 mph coupled with heavy snow bringing blizzard conditions.

High Wind in SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
From 04-JAN-08 06:30:00 to 04-JAN-08 15:30:00 (PST-8)
Magnitude: 62.00 MG
Property damage: 7407.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

A 71 mph gust was measured 4 miles west northwest of Elk Grove. A 69 mph wind gust was measured at Sacramento Executive Airport and a 66 mph wind gust was measured at Sacramento International Airport. The State Legislature building had several windows broken and proceedings were  forced to be suspended. Many trees were reported down, including an 80 foot oak tree near the interesection of Elm and Hazel in Sacramento. PG&E reported many power poles down throughout the area and thousands of residents and businesses were without power for up to seven days. Several big rigs were reported down by the CHP, including one on I-5 south of River Rd. in Woodland, and another on I-80 east of State Route 113.

High Wind in CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA, CALIFORNIA
From 04-JAN-08 06:30:00 to 04-JAN-08 15:30:00 (PST-8)
Magnitude: 52.00 MG
Property damage: 375.00K
Reported by: ASOS

A 60 mph gust was measured at Suisun City, at the Travis Air Force Base. A roof was blown off of a building in Rio Vista and numerous other facilities were damaged due directly to the wind or from flying debris and falling trees and branches.

High Wind in NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
From 04-JAN-08 07:00:00 to 04-JAN-08 16:00:00 (PST-8)
Magnitude: 52.00 MG
Property damage: 4408.00K
Reported by: ASOS

A 60 mph gust was recorded at Stockton Airport.  CHP reported an overturned big rig in Stockton on Lower Sacramento Rd. just south of 8 Mile Rd. A 44 mph gust was recorded in Modesto. Numerous homes and business facilities were damaged due ditrectly to the wind and/or by flying debris and falling trees and branches.

High Wind in MOTHERLODE/CAMPTONVILLE TO GROVELAND, CALIFORNIA
From 04-JAN-08 07:30:00 to 04-JAN-08 21:00:00 (PST-8)
Magnitude: 80.00 EG
Property damage: 1127.00K
Crop damage: 11.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

A spotter in Nevada City reported a gust to 92 mph on his weather station. He also reported numerous 3 foot diameter white fir and cedar trees down in the vicinity of Banner Mountain and the Maryland Rd. and Idaho Rd. intersection. A 70 mph gust was reported by Read Ranch RAWS automated weather station, located 7 miles northwest of Nevada City. Numerous buildings were damaged due directly to the wind and/or to flying debris and falling trees and branches.  Power was out to thousands of customers for up to seven days.

High Wind in MT SHASTA/WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
From 04-JAN-08 07:00:00 to 04-JAN-08 21:00:00 (PST-8)
Magnitude: 65.00 MG
Property damage: 114.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

A 75 mph wind was reported at the Pike County Lookout RAWS automated weather staion, which is 2 miles southeast of Brush Creek Reservoir. Numerous buildings were damaged due directly to the wind and/or to flying debris and falling trees and branches.  Power was out to hundreds of customers for up to seven days.

High Wind in WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA
From 04-JAN-08 07:00:00 to 04-JAN-08 22:00:00 (PST-8)
Magnitude: 63.00 MG
Property damage: 726.00K
Reported by: ASOS

A 72 mph wind gust was reported at Blue Canyon. Numerous buildings were damaged due directly to the wind and/or to flying debris and falling trees and branches.  Hundreds of customers were without power for up to seven days.

High Wind in NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
From 04-JAN-08 06:30:00 to 04-JAN-08 20:00:00 (PST-8)
Magnitude: 56.00 MG
Property damage: 3183.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

A powerful Pacific storm brought wind gusts of 65 mph to the Cohasset RAWS automated weather station, which is located 12 miles northwest of Paradise. Numerous buildings were damaged due directly to the wind and/or to flying debris and falling trees and branches.  Hundreds of customers were without power for up to seven days.

High Wind in CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
From 04-JAN-08 05:30:00 to 04-JAN-08 14:30:00 (PST-8)
Magnitude: 60.00 MG
Property damage: 7110.00K
Crop damage: 30.00M
Reported by: ASOS

High wind was recorded across the area including a 69 mph wind gust at  Yuba City, a 66 mph wind gust at Chico airport, and a 61 mph wind gust at Marysville airport. A Yuba County employee was killed along Griffith Avenue just south of North Beale Road in Linda when he was struck by a falling eucalyptus tree branch while clearing roads of debris. There were many power outages due to power poles down from fallen trees and hundreds of customers were without power for up to seven days. Fallen trees and branches and flying debris also damaged cars and buildings. Sutter County Regional Airport had hangar and plane damage.

High Wind in MOUNTAINS SOUTHWEST SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
From 04-JAN-08 03:30:00 to 04-JAN-08 13:00:00 (PST-8)
Magnitude: 56.00 MG
Property damage: 112.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

A 65 mph wind gusts was recorded 18 miles south southeast of Saddle Camp.  Numerous buildings were damaged due directly to the wind and/or to flying debris and falling trees and branches.  Power was out to many customers for up to a day.

High Wind in NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
From 04-JAN-08 05:30:00 to 04-JAN-08 14:30:00 (PST-8)
Magnitude: 71.00 MG
Property damage: 234.00K
Crop damage: 10.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

An 82 mph gust was recorded at the Redding RAWS automated weather station.  A 70 mph gust was measured at Redding Airport.  A 67 mph gust was recorded at Red Bluff Airport. Numerous buildings were damaged due directly to the wind and/or from flying debris and falling trees and branches.

High Wind in CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
From 04-JAN-08 03:30:00 to 04-JAN-08 13:00:00 (PST-8)
Magnitude: 63.00 MG
Property damage: 56.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

A 73 mph gust was measured at the Lyons Valley RAWS automated weather station, 10 miles northwest of Lakeport.  Numerous buildings were damaged due directly to the wind and/or to flying debris and falling trees and branches.  Power was out to many customers for up to a day.

Blizzard in BURNEY BASIN/EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
From 04-JAN-08 01:00:00 to 04-JAN-08 16:45:00 (PST-8)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

The snow level was down to the basin floor with two to four feet of snow falling at the higher elevations.  Wind gusts reached 75 to 85 mph causing whiteout conditions for an extended period of time.

Blizzard in MOUNTAINS SOUTHWEST SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
From 04-JAN-08 01:00:00 to 04-JAN-08 14:00:00 (PST-8)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

The snow level was down to near 3000 feet with one to two feet of snow falling at the higher elevations.  Wind gusts reached 75 to 85 mph causing whiteout conditions for an extended period of time.

Heavy Rain in SAN JOAQUIN, CALIFORNIA
From 05-JAN-08 00:00:00 to 05-JAN-08 23:59:00 (PST-8)
Location: (SCK)STOCKTON METRO
Reported by: ASOS

Heavy rain from a strong Pacific system resulted in a new daily rainfall record of 0.70 inches at the Stockton airport on January 5th. This breaks the old record of 0.69 inches set in 1992.

Heavy Rain in STANISLAUS, CALIFORNIA
From 04-JAN-08 00:00:00 to 04-JAN-08 23:59:00 (PST-8)
Location: (MOD)MODESTO ARPT
Reported by: ASOS

A strong Pacific storm resulted in a new daily rainfall record of 1.21 inches at Modesto on January 5th. This broke the old record of 0.79 inches set in 1995.

Blizzard in MT SHASTA/WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
From 04-JAN-08 12:00:00 to 04-JAN-08 23:00:00 (PST-8)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

The snow level was down to near 3500 feet with three to five feet of snow falling at the higher elevations.  Wind gusts reached 65 to 100 mph causing whiteout conditions for an extended period of time.

Blizzard in WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA
From 04-JAN-08 13:00:00 to 05-JAN-08 00:30:00 (PST-8)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

The snow level was down to near 4000 feet with three to five feet of snow falling at the higher elevations.  Wind gusts reached 65 to 100 mph causing whiteout conditions for an extended period of time.

Blizzard in SHASTA LAKE/NORTH SHASTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
From 04-JAN-08 01:00:00 to 04-JAN-08 16:45:00 (PST-8)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

The snow level was near 3000 feet with one to two feet of snow falling at the higher elevations.  Wind gusts reached 75 to 85 mph causing whiteout conditions for an extended period of time.