and Tulare Counties. Embedded thunderstorms within the front during the late afternoon and early evening hours brought gusty wind as well as locally heavy rains.
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The episode as NWS HNX wrote it up.
A rather vigorous frontal passage through the Central San Joaquin developed some minor wind and flood damage problems for Fresno...Kings...and Tulare Counties. Embedded thunderstorms within the front during the late afternoon and early evening hours brought gusty wind as well as locally heavy rains. WSR-88D reflectivity values reached as high as 64 dBz and tops to 25K feet.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
With frontal passage and resulting showers, the snow level in the Southern Sierra Nevada dropped to 3000 feet by Monday morning the 8th. At elevations below 7000 feet up to 18 inches of new snow fell...and over 30 inches above 7000 feet. Shaver Lake at 5000 feet received 6 inches of new snow.
Minor flooding in the Kerman area due to locally heavy rain from embedded thunderstorms.
Minor flooding in the Selma area due to locally heavy rain with embedded thunderstorms.
Gusty wind with a thunderstorm passage downed a tree in Central Hanford.
Thunderstorm passage through the Visalia area brought gusty wind. Tree limbs were downed in the middle part of town causing some traffic flow problems. A barn roof was damaged on the west side of Central Visalia from the wind. As a result of the gusty wind and downed tree limbs, power lines were also felled causing power outages in the vicinity.
Minor flooding in the Woodlake area due to locally heavy rain from embedded thunderstorms in a front.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in California, December 1997
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5626852, 5626849, 5626850, 5626851, 5626847, 5626848.