California, 1998Tornado and Damaging Wind in California, March 24, 1998
March 24, 1998 · NWS HNX · 2 events in 1 county or zone
1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $17,000
- Crop damage
- $30,000
- 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.
Tornado, Madera
- When
- March 24, 1:46 PM PST to 1:56 PM PST
- Where
- Madera County, Chowchilla to 5 mi WSW of Chowchilla
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 37.080, -120.350
Initial part of this severe storm was 2 miles in length with trees damaged in the Maddalena Orchard south of Highway 152 and east of Road 10. No other damage seen immediately to the northeast except phone line damage immediately along Highway 152 through the rural area. A spotter observed the tornado path. While not seen directly by any witnesses there was some damage to an orchard at Ave 251/2 and Road 14 located just south and west 2 miles from Chowchilla and some building damage 2 miles due west of Chowchilla that would be the same line and direction as the observed tornado...but 4 miles farther to the northeast!
Thunderstorm Wind, Madera
- When
- March 24, 1:55 PM PST
- Where
- Madera County, 5 mi WSW of Chowchilla
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 37.080, -120.350
Strong wind from a severe thunderstorm pushed a trailer house off of its foundation as well as damaging some dairy, calf sheds in an area 1/2 mile north of the storm's tornado track.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flash Flooding and Flood in California, March 24 to 25, 1998$11 million · 4 events
- Flood and Damaging Winds in California, March 24, 1998$105,000 · 4 events
- Flooding in California, March 24 to 25, 19984 events
- Hail in Nebraska, March 24, 19980.75 in hail · 3 events
- Damaging Winds in Utah, March 24, 1998$2,000 · 72 kt wind · 2 events
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 24, 19981 event
- Hail in Idaho, March 24, 19980.75 in hail · 1 event
- Heavy Snow in California, March 24 to 25, 19981 event
- Funnel Cloud in Idaho, March 24, 19981 event
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: 5637604, 5637605.