Flood, Kern
- When
- February 26, 6:30 AM PST to 7:30 PM PST
- Where
- Kern County, Cantil
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 35.343, -118.730 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in California, February 26, 2001
The Redrock-Randsburg Road was closed between Cantil and Garlock and Mojave reported street flooding around 0900 PST. 83".
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.
The Redrock-Randsburg Road was closed between Cantil and Garlock and Mojave reported street flooding around 0900 PST. Rosamond received 1.04" of rain with the Indian Wells Canyon area receiving 1.05" and Inyokern 0.83".
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Hanford, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 26, 2:40 AM PST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 2:40 AM PST, 3 hours 50 minutes before
INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION...COR YNP POPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
240 AM PST MON FEB 26 2001
SATELLITE LOOPS SHOW TWO PRONOUNCED VORTICITY CENTERS DROPPING DOWN
THE BACK OF THE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH OVER CALIFORNIA. THE FIRST IS
NEAR 31N/121W AND MOVING EAST TOWARD SAN DIEGO AND NORTHERN BAJA
CALIFORNIA. PACJET P-3 RADIOSONDE DATA AT 0522Z...AT 31N/118W...
MATCHED 06Z AVN FORECAST FOR 500 MB WINDS AHEAD OF THE VORTICITY
CENTER...AND WAS STRONGER THAN FORECAST BY EITHER THE 00Z ETA OR
NGM. THUS...WILL GO WITH AVN AS MODEL OF CHOICE THIS MORNING.
AUTOMATED SENSORS IN THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS REPORTING
24-HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1/4 AND 1-1/4 INCH. 09Z TEMPERATE
AT LAUREL MOUNTAIN...ELEV. 4390 FEET...WAS 33 DEGREES...SO CURRENT
SNOW LEVEL OF 5000 FEET A BIT HIGH AND WILL LOWER TO 4000 TO 4500
FEET THIS MORNING...RISING TO 5000 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. SATELLITE
PRECIPITABLE WATER SHOWS A BAND OF 0.50-1.00 INCH EXTENDING WESTWARD
FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA/NORTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA WESTWARD THROUGH
AT LEAST 30N/140W. THE AVN FORECASTS 850-700 MB HUMIDITY TO BE 90-100
PERCENT THROUGH TUESDAY AS THE VORTICITIES CONTINUE TO BRING
ABUNDANT WRAP-AROUND MOISTURE INTO CALIFORNIA. THE AVN GENERATES A
+8 OMEGA AT 700 MB OVER THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS BY 00Z WEDNESDAY AS
THE SECOND VORTICITY...CURRENTLY AT 35N/127W... MOVES INTO SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. THUS WILL INCREASE POPS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS/
DESERTS TO LIKELY FOR TUESDAY.
AVN QPF GRAPHICS SHOW DECREASING RAINFALL AFTER 06Z TUESDAY OVER THE
KERN/TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND THE KERN DESERTS. PER COORDINATION
WITH WFO LAS VEGAS...WILL EXTEND WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE KERN
COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND THE SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE TULARE COUNTY
MOUNTAINS THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ALSO...WITH CONTINUING
RAINFALL...WILL ISSUE A FLOOD STATEMENT FOR THE KERN/TULARE COUNTY
MOUNTAINS...KERN DESERTS...AND SOUTH END OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
FOR POTENTIAL FOR RUN-OFF AND RISING CREEKS/STREAMS.
POPS FAT 300 BFL 732 YNP 322. SANGER
.HNX...WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR THGE KERN
COUNTY MOUNTAINS ABOVE 5000 FEET.
...SNOW ADVISORY THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR THE TULARE COUNTY
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 5000 FEET.The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Kern
- When
- February 26, 8:00 AM PST to 7:30 PM PST
- Where
- Kern County, 3 mi NW of Inyokern
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 35.343, -118.730 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Rip Current in Guam, February 26, 2001
- Heavy Snow in California, February 26 to 27, 2001
- Winter Storm in Kansas, February 26 to 27, 2001
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 26 to 28, 2001
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 26 to 27, 2001
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, February 26 to 28, 2001
- Winter Storm in Kansas, February 26 to 27, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, February 26 to 27, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Texas, February 26, 2001
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 26 to 27, 2001
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 26, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 26 to 27, 2001
More
Every storm in California in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 2001
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: 5233156, 5233157.