Flood, Kings
- When
- November 12, 1:10 PM PST to 9:53 PM PST
- Where
- Kings County, Hanford
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 36.075, -119.815 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in California, November 12, 2001
60" in the Bakersfield area occurred. This significant rain led to local urban flooding problems in the listed areas as reported by CALTRANS.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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.
Between 1200-2000 PST in the Merced area and between 1300-2100 in the Fresno area over 1" of rain fell; between 1500-2200 PST rainfall in excess of 1.35" in the Hanford area and 0.60" in the Bakersfield area occurred. This significant rain led to local urban flooding problems in the listed areas as reported by CALTRANS.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Merced
- When
- November 12, 2:29 PM PST to 7:39 PM PST
- Where
- Merced County, Merced
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 37.192, -120.718 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Fresno
- When
- November 12, 2:29 PM PST to 7:39 PM PST
- Where
- Fresno County, Fresno
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 36.758, -119.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Kern
- When
- November 12, 2:35 PM PST to 9:55 PM PST
- Where
- Kern County, Bakersfield
- 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
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5273464, 5273462, 5273463, 5273465.