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19 Nov 2018
Brief communication |
| 19 Nov 2018
| 19 Nov 2018
Brief communication: Meteorological and climatological conditions associated with the 9 January 2018 post-fire debris flows in Montecito and Carpinteria, California, USA
Western Regional Climate Center, Desert Research Institute, 2215
Raggio Parkway, Reno, Nevada 89512, USA
Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Forest Cannon
Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Robert Munroe
National Weather Service, Oxnard/Los Angeles, 520 N. Elevar St.,
Oxnard, CA 93030, USA
Jeremy T. Lancaster
California Geological Survey, 801 K St., Sacramento, CA 95814, USA
David Gomberg
National Weather Service, Oxnard/Los Angeles, 520 N. Elevar St.,
Oxnard, CA 93030, USA
F. Martin Ralph
Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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The 9 January 2018 post-fire debris flows in Montecito and Carpinteria, California, killed 23 people and destroyed over 100 homes. We examine the meteorological conditions of the event and find that a narrow band of high-intensity rainfall along a cold front triggered the debris flow. Observed rainfall rates were extreme, but not unprecedented for the region. This work increases awareness of these rainbands as a post-fire hazard in California and other midlatitude regions impacted by wildfire.
The 9 January 2018 post-fire debris flows in Montecito and Carpinteria, California, killed 23...
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