Flood, Mariposa
- When
- January 24, 3:30 PM PST to January 25, 3:10 PM PST
- Where
- Mariposa County, Briceburg
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.582, -119.905 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in California, January 24 to 25, 2000
During the period from Sunday the 23rd through early Tuesday the 25th, significant rainfall occurred in Interior Central California. Highway 140 in Mariposa County near Briceburg was closed due to a rock and mudslide from the large amount of rain early on Monday the 24th.
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.
During the period from Sunday the 23rd through early Tuesday the 25th, significant rainfall occurred in Interior Central California. Highway 140 in Mariposa County near Briceburg was closed due to a rock and mudslide from the large amount of rain early on Monday the 24th. San Joaquin Valley urban areas had significant ponding of water and mountain streams exhibited large amounts of flow with minimal adjacent flooding along the San Joaquin Valley floor and S.Sierra Nevada foothill interface. On the Valley floor Merced received 1.82 inches.. Madera Ranchos 2.05".. Northeast Fresno 2.29".. East Visalia 2.20".. Northeast Exeter 1.80".. and Porterville 0.59". In the mountain areas of the Southern Sierra Nevada Yosemite N.P. received 6.27 inches.. Fishcamp 10.00".. Bass Lake 6.78".. Shaver Lake 5.69".. Lodgepole 5.37".. Springville 3.35".. and Glenville 1.72".
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
- Tornado in Florida, January 24, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, January 24, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, January 24, 2000
- High Wind in Guam, January 24, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 24 to 25, 2000
- Heavy Snow in South Carolina, January 24 to 25, 2000
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 24 to 25, 2000
- Heavy Snow in South Carolina, January 24 to 25, 2000
- Winter Storm in South Carolina, January 24 to 25, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 24 to 25, 2000
- Hail in Alabama, January 24, 2000
- Hail in Alabama, January 24, 2000
More
Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 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: 5132955.