2016 Southwest Outbreak (SDT)

On March 3, 2016, a group of thunderstorms moved over Southern and Central California and Northern Baja California. Flooding, hail, heavy winds, and lightning aswell as one or two isolated tornadoes where forecast for Most of California and Northern Baja California. Previously in January, when extreme storms struck the same regions, people didn't take any chances and prepared for the storms. As the storms moved over a hot air mass looming over the coast of Southern California, the storms strengthened, turning into supercells. When they struck land, they expanded, covering all of California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and even Colorado. On the coast, a 25 foot swell flooded up to 10 feet of water along coastal areas up to San Francisco. In the mountains of the Southwest, 15 feet of snow was piled onto everything, trapping people inside their houses. Flooding up to 30 feet occurred in low-lying areas of California, Nevada and Arizona. In Colorado, a lighting strike caused a full on 1,000,000 acre forest fire that destroyed parts of Denver

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