Flood, Tulare
- When
- January 26, 9:10 PM PST to January 27, 6:00 AM PST
- Where
- Tulare County, Lindsay
- Coordinates
- 36.220, -118.800 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in California, January 26 to 27, 1997
Similar to locations in CA Zones 20 and 22, CA Zones 21 and 23 experienced small stream and urban flooding on Sunday, Jan 26th, until about 0600 PST Jan 27th. Tulare County reported numerous roads with ponded water.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS HNX wrote it up.
Similar to locations in CA Zones 20 and 22, CA Zones 21 and 23 experienced small stream and urban flooding on Sunday, Jan 26th, until about 0600 PST Jan 27th. Tulare County reported numerous roads with ponded water. Lewis Creek flooded in the vicinity of Lindsay. Runoff and small stream flooding from Dry Creek affected the area around Woodlake near 0350 PST on the morning of the 27th. No damage reports were received.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Illinois, January 26 to 27, 1997
- Flash Flood in California, January 26, 1997
- Flash Flood in California, January 26, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 26 to 27, 1997
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 26, 1997
- Flash Flooding in California, January 26, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 26, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, January 26 to 27, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 26 to 28, 1997
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, January 26, 1997
- Flash Flood in California, January 26, 1997
- Flash Flood in California, January 26, 1997
More
Every storm in California in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 1997
Sources
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: 5587195.