Flood, Mariposa
- When
- February 13, 12:20 PM PST to February 14, 10:00 PM PST
- Where
- Mariposa County, Mariposa
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.582, -119.905 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in California, February 13 to 14, 2000
Mariposa Sheriff and CALTRANS reports numerous roads in the county closed where crossing creeks are flooding roads. Rainfall and snowfall in the northern portions of Mariposa County reached close to 110% of normal-for-the-date after the dismally dry start of the water-year.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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.
Mariposa Sheriff and CALTRANS reports numerous roads in the county closed where crossing creeks are flooding roads. Rainfall and snowfall in the northern portions of Mariposa County reached close to 110% of normal-for-the-date after the dismally dry start of the water-year. In the mountain areas for a 4-day period ending on the 13th Yosemite Valley had 4.72" of rain, Shaver Lake 3.55", and Tehachapi 0.72".
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
- Tornadoes in Georgia, February 13 to 14, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Georgia, February 13 to 14, 2000
- High Wind in California, February 13 to 14, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flood in California, February 13 to 14, 2000
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Florida, February 13, 2000
- Tornado in Tennessee, February 13, 2000
- Tornado in Arkansas, February 13, 2000
- Tornado in Arkansas, February 13, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 13, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, February 13, 2000
- Tornado in Alabama, February 13, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, February 13 to 14, 2000
More
Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 2000
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: 5134987.