Heavy Rain, Fresno
- When
- February 27, 12:00 AM PST to 11:59 PM PST
- Where
- Fresno County, Fresno
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 36.758, -119.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood and Heavy Rain in California, February 27, 2000
Minor flooding and ponding problems were reported with serveral secondary roads closed to heavy rain (and snow at the higher elevations). Several secondary roads were closed by the Mariposa Sheriff as area streams ran bankfull.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS HNX wrote it up.
Minor flooding and ponding problems were reported with serveral secondary roads closed to heavy rain (and snow at the higher elevations). Several secondary roads were closed by the Mariposa Sheriff as area streams ran bankfull. Significant precipitation occurred along the Southern Sierra Nevada including the foothill areas from Mariposa through Tulare County. On the San Joaquin Valley floor ..especially around the city of Fresno.. the steady rain continued with 1.87" of rain in a 24-hour period setting a new record for the date by eclipsing the old one of 1.03" in 1904.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy rain, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Mariposa
- When
- February 27, 8:00 AM PST to 11:59 PM PST
- Where
- Mariposa County, Mariposa
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.582, -119.905 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
- 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
- Flash Flood in American Samoa, February 27, 2000
- Hail in California, February 27, 2000
- Flash Flood in New York, February 27 to 29, 2000
- Flooding in New York, February 27 to 29, 2000
- Hail in California, February 27, 2000
- Tornado in California, February 27, 2000
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 27, 2000
- Avalanche in Utah, February 27, 2000
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, February 27 to 29, 2000
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in California, February 27 to 28, 2000
- Winter Storm in California, February 27, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 27 to 28, 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: 5135010, 5135009.