California, 1998

Flood in California, February 3, 1998

February 3, 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
None recorded
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, Kings/W Tulare/Nw Kern

When
February 3, 6:43 AM PST to 6:00 PM PST
Where
Kings/W Tulare/Nw Kern forecast zone

Persistent and locally heavy rain with saturated soils is seeing the resurgence of "swamp-like" conditions on the west side of the Southern San Joaquin Valley 17 miles southwest of Bakersfield. Standing water in the old lake bed affecting many roads.

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: 5638683.