Flood, Lake T N & X Sw/W Yolo/X Sw Colusa/E Napa/X Nw Solano
- When
- February 2, 1:00 AM PST to February 28, 11:59 PM PST
- Where
- Lake T N & X Sw/W Yolo/X Sw Colusa/E Napa/X Nw Solano forecast zone
- Property damage
- $15 million
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Flood in California, February 2 to 28, 1998
The Clear Lake region of Lake County was hit hard by flooding. Clear Lake is a very slow--draining natural lake (on a day with no rainfall, the lake drains at about the rate of 1 inch per 24 hours when at these reported levels).
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $15 million
- 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.
The Clear Lake region of Lake County was hit hard by flooding. Clear Lake is a very slow--draining natural lake (on a day with no rainfall, the lake drains at about the rate of 1 inch per 24 hours when at these reported levels). 500 residents in the town of Clearlake Oaks were evacuated and kept from their homes for weeks. This town alone suffered $5 million of the damage recorded above. The town of Lakeport had 60 homes flooded. Rainfall rates of 4 inches in 6 hours were observed during the 2nd and 3rd. Clear Lake reached all--time record levels on the 23rd, 2.5 feet above flood stage. The flooding continued into March and April. The main transportation artery through the county, State Route 20, was closed for weeks.
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.
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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: 5671476.