Heavy Rain, Tulare
- When
- April 17, 3:00 PM PST to 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- Tulare County, Visalia
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.220, -118.800 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in California, April 17, 2003
41" of rain within a 25-minute period on the 17th. Numerous thunderstorm rain events produced urban street flooding in several Central and Southern San Joaquin Valley communities.
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.
A thunderstorm occurring at the Fresno Air Terminal dumped 0.41" of rain within a 25-minute period on the 17th. Numerous thunderstorm rain events produced urban street flooding in several Central and Southern San Joaquin Valley communities.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Fresno
- When
- April 17, 6:07 PM PST to 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Fresno County, (Fat) Air Terminal
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 36.758, -119.649 (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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, April 17, 2003
- Rip Current in Alabama, April 17, 2003
- Storm Surge in New Jersey, April 17 to 18, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, April 17, 2003
- Storm Surge in Delaware, April 17 to 18, 2003
- Heavy Rain in U.S. Virgin Islands, April 17 to 18, 2003
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, April 17, 2003
- Ice Storm in Wisconsin, April 17, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Montana, April 17 to 18, 2003
- Funnel Cloud in Indiana, April 17, 2003
- Hail in Wyoming, April 17, 2003
- Storm Surge in Virginia, April 17, 2003
More
Every storm in California in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in California, April 2003
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5350576, 5350575.