American River / Lake Tahoe / Truckee River / Chehalis River / MOUNTAIN AUBERRY / Palouse River / Klickitat River / Napa River / Missoula Polson Thompson Falls / Sacramento River / Cosumnes River / Tualatin River / White Salmon River / INDEPENDENCE LAKE / BUCKS CREEK / Payette River / Snake River / Skookumchuck River / Hangman Creek / Rogue River / Sierra Nevada / /
OperatingSystem
Fork / /
Organization
California Department of Water Resources / National Weather Service / /
Person
MARINA ORLAND ORLEANS OXNARD / Juan Capistrano Santa Barbara / Chester Conrad / Carson / CHEYENNE LANDER / CASPER CHEYENNE / MODESTO MOUNT / Morgan Hill Mt. Shasta / Campo Chester Chula Vista Concord Coronado / DEXTER RANC LAT / Avalon Bakersfield Beaumont / Helena Kalispell Lewistown Libby Livingston / Walker Rivers / HARRISON GULCH / QUINCY REDDING / CHESTER CLEARLAKE / ISABELLA KILARC PH / EUGENE MEDFORD PENDLETON PORTLAND SALEM / ADIN RANGER STN / Hesperia Idyllwild / Vinton Vista Boise Grangeville / / /
Position
FORT JONES RANGER / PRIEST / FRESNO WSO AP FRIANT GOVERNMENT CAMP GASQUET RANGER / BAR RANGER STATION BISHOP / VOLTA POWER HOUSE WASCO WEAVERVILLE RANGER / CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA FORESTHILL RANGER / Governor / Ranger / GREENVILLE RANGER / Porter / HAIWEE HANFORD REFINERY HAPPY CAMP RANGER / /
ProvinceOrState
Lewis / Whitman County / Nevada / Oregon / Skamania County / Washington / Montana / Klickitat County / California / Idaho / Thurston / /
Region
northwest Nevada / western U.S. / west coast / northern California / /
1 INTRODUCTION The month of December 1996 and the first week of January 1997 brought tremendous amounts of rain and snow to parts of the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada, and Montana. In particul