1995: "Monster storm" slams Pacific Northwest
This Date in Weather History - December 12
This Date in Weather History · AccuWeather
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During the winter huge storms form in the Gulf of Alaska south of the 49th state and pushed southward by the jet-stream often slam into the region from the Pacific Northwest to central California. Often times powerful winds batter the region as they blow in off the Pacific Ocean and produce massive rainfall amounts. On the east side of the mountain ranges that run through are area significant snowfalls often occur. On December 12, 1995 A ”monster storm” slammed Washington, Oregon, northern and central California. The storm brought flooding rains and hurricane force winds. Wind gusts were recorded as high as 119 mph at Sea Lion Caves, OR. The central barometric pressure dropped to 28.45". 12.27" of rain fell at Marin, CA and 80 mph wind gusts were recorded at San Francisco, CA. 1.5 million people were without power. In some ears power was off for weeks.
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