California, 1998

Flood in California, February 24, 1998

February 24, 1998 · NWS HNX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$50,000
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.

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, E & Sc Kern

When
February 24, 2:00 AM PST
Where
E & Sc Kern forecast zone
Property damage
$50,000

Runoff from the nearby Tehachapi Mountains produced sheet flow flooding down into the Kern Desert community of Rosamond. Two homes and roads were damaged by the water flow early in the morning of the 24th.

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

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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: 5639468.