Flash Flood, Tuolumne
- When
- August 14, 2:20 PM PST to 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- Tuolumne County, 3 mi S of Dardanelle
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.028, -119.955 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in California, August 14, 1998
A thunderstorm unleashed a torrent that caused Long Valley Creek to overflow its banks near the crossing of Forest Road 5N01. A family of four returning from a hiking trip and blinded by the heavy rain, drove their vehicle into the creek.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- 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 STO wrote it up.
A thunderstorm unleashed a torrent that caused Long Valley Creek to overflow its banks near the crossing of Forest Road 5N01. A family of four returning from a hiking trip and blinded by the heavy rain, drove their vehicle into the creek. The family was rescued by two passers-by.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Lightning Strike in Colorado, August 14, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 14, 1998
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, August 14 to 15, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, August 14, 1998
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Nevada, August 14, 1998
- Flooding and Hail in Iowa, August 14, 1998
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 14, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 14, 1998
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Nevada, August 14, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 14, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Florida, August 14, 1998
More
Every storm in California in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in California, August 1998
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: 5663932.