2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Locally heavy rain with some thundershorm activity on the 14th and residual showers on the 15th provided continued runoff on the Southern San Joaquin Valley floor in and around Lamont. The runoff head arrived in Lamont at 1130 PST on 2/15/98. Some flooding occurred in West Kern County near Elk Hills from convective activity at 1400 PST on 2/14/98.
Afternoon convective activity on the 14th provided wind gusts to 40 MPH at 1610 PST damaging powerlines and dropping service to 1800 electric customers in the Lemoore area.
Knocking down trees into powerlines, thunderstorm wind left 3100 customers without power in areas of Northwest Tulare County, including the Dinuba area.
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Every storm in California in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 1998
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: 5639094, 5639095, 5639096.