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Storm brings almost 2 inches of rain to parts of SLO County

November 14, 2025

By KAREN VELIE

The storm that moved through San Luis Obispo County on Thursday dropped nearly 2 inches of rain in some areas.

The rain and wind led to some flooding and short-term road closures. A second storm is forecast to arrive on the Central Coast on Saturday.

Rain totals from 1.m. on Thursday through 1 p.m. on Friday:

Arroyo Grande – 1.67 inches

Atascadero – .59 inches

Lopez Dam – 1.56 inches

Los Osos – .61 inches

Nipomo – 1.48 inches

Oceano – 1.43 inches

Paso Robles – .28 inches

Rocky Butte – 1.54 inches

San Luis Obispo – 1.50 inches

San Simeon – .82 inches

Santa Margarita – 1.33 inches

Shandon – .44 inches

Templeton – .26 inches

 


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Residential rainwater harvesting (also called rain catchment) is legal and actively encouraged in San Luis Obispo County in a California’s statewide Rainwater Capture Act of 2012 (AB 1750). The county’s “Homeowner’s Guide to Rainwater Management” provides DIY strategies like rain barrels and rain gardens—no permits needed for simple setups: https://www.slocounty.ca.gov/departments/public-works/forms-documents/stormwater/homeowners-lid-guide


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I’ve got an 80 gallon cistern at the back of my garage, fills in minutes. I wish I had put in a thousand gallon one.


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Got almost nothing in Templeton. Hope we get a lot more tomorrow.


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We got 3 inches of rain but not governor rescue workers here, we’d be happy for public works to replace rotted culverts and maintain the road surface per the same standards required on a developers. Ya, no favors for a vote here, I certainly don’t support tax dollars for political P.R.


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Huge amount of foam runoff in this storm. Wonder why that would be..


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Heavy rain will wash off road grime, dirt, dust, and other such things much quicker than a steady slow rain. That accumulation concentrates into foam and brown water.


With a lighter, but longer rain period, that crud is washed away slowly, and does not create the sludge you see.


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Dirt


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I’ve noticed the same when it hasn’t rained in quiet a while. Probably a combination of ‘pollutants’ e.g. rubber from tire wear, decomposed vegetation, settled smog/atmospheric particles, etc?


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Why would someone downvote this comment?


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