Flash Flood, Tulare
- When
- July 13, 2:15 PM PST
- Where
- Tulare County, 6 mi N of Giant Forest
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.220, -118.800 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in California, July 13, 1999
Thunderstorm activity over the higher terrain of Tulare County resulted in a mudslide over "The General's Highway" within Sequoia National Park. The slide resulted in road closure for about an hour with minimal damage but cleanup necessary for a couple of weeks.
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 HNX wrote it up.
Thunderstorm activity over the higher terrain of Tulare County resulted in a mudslide over "The General's Highway" within Sequoia National Park. The slide resulted in road closure for about an hour with minimal damage but cleanup necessary for a couple of weeks.
The radar
The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:12 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flood in California, July 13, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 13, 1999
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 13, 1999
- Flash Flood in California, July 13, 1999
- Tornado in Florida, July 13, 1999
- Hail in North Dakota, July 13, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 13, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in California, July 13, 1999
- Damaging Winds in California, July 13, 1999
More
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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: 5701589.