Flood in California, May 5, 1998

Name: Flood in California, May 5, 1998
Start: 1998-05-05T00:15
End: 1998-05-05T16:00
Location: California

May 5, 1998 · NWS HNX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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.

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Fresno

When: May 5, 12:15 AM PST to 4:00 PM PST
Where: Fresno County, 1 mi W of Huron
Coordinates: 36.758, -119.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm activity during the 4th and early on the 5th again provided saturated soils in West Fresno County. With locally heavy rain from thunderstorm activity late on the 4th, water from Arroyo Pasajero threatened Huron's west side. Low dikes were built which prevented water from entering the town to any great depth. Rainfall reports over the calendar day of 1.92 inches were reported by a Coalinga spotter (15 miles WSW).

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.

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The same day elsewhere

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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5637739.