2 flood, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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2 flood, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Due to locally heavy rain of 3/4 to 1" in less than an hour water moved over roadways in Northwest Fresno County...vicnity of 17 miles WSW of Mendota.
A severe thunderstorm moved north toward Madera County depositing hail to a depth of 2" on the ground at points north and northeast of Kerman. The accompnaying deluge of rain led to multiple crashes on area highways sending 4 people to area hospitals beginning around 1400 PST in the Fresno area.
Torrential rain and small hail with thunderstorms clogged State Highway 99 with water closing the highway. Numerous vehicle accidents resulted from the flooded and piled-hail condition on the road 7 miles southeast of Madera.
As reported by California Highway Patrol between Laval Road and the scales on Interstate-5 at the base of the grapevine. 40-50 cars pulled over to wait for the storm to diminish.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in California, March 1998
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: 5637689, 5637691, 5637690, 5637688.