Flood, Central San Joaquin Valley
- When
- February 3, 6:37 PM PST to February 4, 2:00 AM PST
- Where
- Central San Joaquin Valley forecast zone
Flood in California, February 3 to 4, 1998
With substantial rain again in eastern Merced and western Mariposa Counties over the headlands of east Merced stream groups, Bear Creek again flooded. no structures were involved but again agricultural land was flooded near Thornton 2 miles southwest of town.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS HNX wrote it up.
With substantial rain again in eastern Merced and western Mariposa Counties over the headlands of east Merced stream groups, Bear Creek again flooded. Creek banks were breached downstream of Merced to relieve pressure and direct flooding...no structures were involved but again agricultural land was flooded near Thornton 2 miles southwest of town. On Miles Creek and at a point 1 mile southwest of Planada, one structure was flooded at 1611 PST as a part of this overall event.
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, February 3 to 4, 1998
- Ice Storm in Nebraska, February 3, 1998
- Flood in California, February 3 to 21, 1998
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 3 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Flood in California, February 3, 1998
- High Wind in Nevada, February 3, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 3 to 4, 1998
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: 5638684.