Heavy Rain, Tulare
- When
- June 3, 1:30 AM PST to 7:23 AM PST
- Where
- Tulare County, 10 mi N of Springville
- Coordinates
- 36.220, -118.800 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in California, June 3, 1998
17" of rain in a 6-hour period in the Springville area of Tulare County. 63".
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
At an elevation of 2400 feet, a weather spotter reported 1.17" of rain in a 6-hour period in the Springville area of Tulare County. Seasonal rainfall total at this point 48.63". In the Kern County community of Glennville, another spotter reported 1.02" on 6/3/98 with a storm total by 0625 on the 4th of 1.10".
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Kern
- When
- June 3, 2:00 AM PST to 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Kern County, Glennville
- Coordinates
- 35.343, -118.730 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Florida, June 3, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 3, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, June 3, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, June 3, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 3, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 3, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, June 3, 1998
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Kansas, June 3, 1998
- Cold in North Dakota, June 3, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Utah, June 3, 1998
- Hail in Virginia, June 3, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 3, 1998
More
Every storm in California in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in California, June 1998
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: 5636141, 5636142.