California, 1998

Flood in California, January 26 to 27, 1998

January 26 to 27, 1998 · NWS EKA · 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, Mendocino Coast

When
January 26, 7:00 AM PST to January 27, 8:00 AM PST
Where
Mendocino Coast forecast zone

Spotter reports of flooding of the Navarro River along Highway 128 and the Garcia River at Highway 1.

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

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5631354.