Flood, Southern San Joaquin Valley
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM PST to 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Southern San Joaquin Valley forecast zone
- Property damage
- $262,000
- Crop damage
- $540,000
Flood in California, April 1, 1998
During the period of 3/28/98 to 4/1/98 flooding was experienced by the Tulare County communities of Lindsay, Strathmore, and Tonyville. Flooding from locally heavy and persistent winter rains provided excessive runoff for Lewis and Frazier Creeks causing damage to these communities at the interface of the Southern San Joaquin Valley and Southern Sierra Nevada foothills.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $262,000
- Crop damage
- $540,000
- 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.
During the period of 3/28/98 to 4/1/98 flooding was experienced by the Tulare County communities of Lindsay, Strathmore, and Tonyville. Flooding from locally heavy and persistent winter rains provided excessive runoff for Lewis and Frazier Creeks causing damage to these communities at the interface of the Southern San Joaquin Valley and Southern Sierra Nevada foothills. Lewis Creek jumped out of its banks Wednesday morning, 4/1/98, impacting and damaging about 32 homes around the creek in northeast Lindsay. Unofficial reports totalled 5.7" of rain in the week prior to the flooding.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, April 1, 1998
- Tornadoes in North Carolina, April 1, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New Hampshire, April 1, 1998
- Flood in Florida, April 1 to 19, 1998
- Flood in New York, April 1 to 7, 1998
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, April 1, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, April 1, 1998
- Flood in Florida, April 1, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, April 1, 1998
- Flooding in Vermont, April 1 to 13, 1998
- Wildfire and Drought in Guam, April 1 to 30, 1998
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, April 1, 1998
More
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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: 5637785.