Flood, Stanislaus
- When
- March 2, 12:01 AM PST to March 3, 6:30 AM PST
- Where
- Stanislaus County, Newman
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.559, -120.998 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in California, March 2 to 3, 1998
5 inches in 30 hours, caused enough flooding to require some evacuation of homes in the town of Newman. The rainfall also closed down State Route 33.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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 STO wrote it up.
Heavy rains, estimated around 2.5 inches in 30 hours, caused enough flooding to require some evacuation of homes in the town of Newman. The rainfall also closed down State Route 33.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
More
Every storm in California in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in California, March 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: 5662234.