California, 2006Flood in California, April 5 to 8, 2006
April 5 to 8, 2006 · NWS HNX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2.8 million
- Crop damage
- $5.8 million
- 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 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 Apr 5, 9:00 AM PST, 3 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 9:00 AM PST, 3 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
1000 AM PDT WED APR 5 2006
.SHORT TERM...FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR...
WATER VAPOR IMAGES SHOW THE UPPER LOW OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WITH
ANOTHER VORT MAX ALONG THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST. THIS IS
PROVIDING
NUMEROUS SHOWERS ACROSS THE REGION WITH THE MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN
OVER THE TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS. THUS POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING MAY
CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. WILL EXTEND WINTER STORM WARNING IN THE
SIERRA THROUGH NOON TODAY AND FLOOD PRODUCTS THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. COLD AIR WITH UPPER LOW IS LOWERING SNOW LEVELS. MARIPOSA
REPORTED SNOW DOWN TO 3500 FEET. IN THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS...
VANDENBERG SOUNDING SHOWS SNOW LEVEL DOWN TO 4500 FEET. THINK THERE
WILL BE A COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW IN THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS BUT
STAY BELOW SNOW ADVISORY LEVELS.
.LONG TERM...FOR FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...ACTIVE PATTERN
PERSISTS ACROSS CENTRAL CA. MEDIUM RANGE PROGS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD
AGREEMENT ON A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSING TO THE NORTH OF OUR
CWFA ON FRIDAY NIGHT. WILL MENTION CHANCE POPS FOR FRESNO COUNTY
NORTHWARD. SOUTH OF FRESNO COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN DRY...BUT THERE WILL
BE PLENTY OF MID/HIGH CLOUDS AROUND AS SUGGESTED BY RH PROGS. AFTER
A BRIEF RESPITE ON SATURDAY...ANOTHER TROUGH PUSHES INTO THE WESTERN
CONUS ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION TO0
OUR AREA SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE 00Z ECMWF AND GFS...ALONG WITH
THE MAJORITY OF THEIR ENSEMBLE MEMBERS...ARE ALSO IN GOOD AGREEMENT
WITH THEIR INDICATION OF A POTENTIALLY STRONG STORM PUSHING INTO
CENTRAL CA NEXT TUESDAY WHICH WOULD SUGGEST ANOTHER ROUND OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION ACROSS OUR AREA. FOR NOW WILL KEEP
MENTION OF CHANCE POPS FOR THE ENTIRE CWFA SINCE THIS IS ALMOST A
WEEK AHEAD OF REALITY. MINIMUM TEMPS WILL REMAIN CLOSE TO NORMAL
WHILE MAXIMUM TEMPS WILL REMAIN A BIT BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE
PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION...GENERALLY VFR ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN
JOAQUIN VALLEY AND THE KERN DESERTS THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY WITH AREAS
OF MVFR CEILINGS IN HEAVIER SHOWERS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY. GENERALLY
MVFR ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS WITH
AREAS OF IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES IN HEAVIER SHOWERS AND
MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY THEN A GRADUAL
IMPROVEMENT TO VFR BY 06Z THURSDAY. FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS...PLEASE
REFER TO TAFS FOR KMCE...KFAT AND KBFL.
&&
&&
.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SIERRA NEVADA FOOTHILLS AND THE KERN
COUNTY MOUNTAINS BELOW 5000 FEET THROUGH 4 PM.
...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA...FROM
YOSEMITE TO THE KERN COUNTY LINE...THROUGH 12 PM.
...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY THROUGH 4 PM.
...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE BERENDA SLOUGH IN WESTERN MADERA
COUNTY UNTIL 4 PM.
...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE MERCED RIVER AT STEVINSON THROUGH
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...
...FLOOD WARNING FOR MERCED COUNTY UNTIL 4 PM.
&&
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD /USE ALL LOWER CASE/
MV/DSHazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 4:45 AM PST, 7 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
545 AM PDT WED APR 5 2006
CAZ089-061200-
WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
545 AM PDT WED APR 5 2006
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY.
.DAY ONE...TODAY
A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE MERCED RIVER AT STEVINSON IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT WGUS86
OR SFOFLSUSJ FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM
THIS MORNING. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT WGUS86
OR SFOFLSHNX FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE.
CAZ093-094-061200-
MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS-
545 AM PDT WED APR 5 2006
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA
FOOTHILLS AND THE TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY
A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM THIS MORNING. PLEASE REFER TO
THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT WGUS86 OR SFOFLSHNX FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE.
CAZ095-061200-
KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
545 AM PDT WED APR 5 2006
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY
A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT BELOW 5500 FEET UNTIL 9 AM THIS MORNING.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT WGUS86 OR SFOFLSHNX FOR
FURTHER DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE.
CAZ096-097-061200-
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
545 AM PDT WED APR 5 2006
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA FROM
YOSEMITE TO THE KERN COUNTY LINE.
.DAY ONE...TODAY
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM THIS MORNING. PLEASE
REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE WWUS46 OR SFOWSWHNX FOR
FURTHER DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE.
CAZ098-099-061200-
INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT-
545 AM PDT WED APR 5 2006
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY DESERT.
.DAY ONE...TODAY
LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TODAY.
OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE.
CAZ090-061200-
EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
545 AM PDT WED APR 5 2006
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY.
.DAY ONE...TODAY
A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT BELOW FRIANT DAM IN CENTRAL FRESNO
COUNTY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT WGUS86 OR
SFOFLSHNX FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BERENDA SLOUGH IN
WESTERN MADERA COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST
FLOOD WATCH STATEMENT WGUS66 OR SFOFFAHNX FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM
THIS MORNING. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT WGUS86
OR SFOFLSHNX FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE.
CAZ091-092-061200-
SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
545 AM PDT WED APR 5 2006
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY.
.DAY ONE...TODAY
AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM
THIS MORNING. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT WGUS86
OR SFOFLSHNX FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE.
DCH
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 5, 8:29 AM PST, 3 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
929 AM PDT WED APR 05 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0923 AM FLOOD MERCED 37.30N 120.48W
04/05/2006 MERCED CA EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER HAS ENTERED AN ESTIMATED 300 HOMES. 15 FAMILIES
EVACUATED TO EMERGENCY SHELTER.
&&
MYERSFlood, Madera
- When
- April 5, 12:00 PM PST to April 8, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Madera County, 3 mi NNE of Dairyland
- Property damage
- $2.8 million
- Crop damage
- $5.8 million
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 37.050, -120.300
The Berenda Slough had its banks fail between 1130 and 1230 PST on the 4th resulting in widespread water over farmland in Madera County southwest of Chowchilla. Flooding of this type and in this location had not occurred in at least the last 76 years as any high water flows had safely moved past the area within the banks of the area sloughs, creeks, and rivers.
- 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.
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, April 5, 20061 injured · $80,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, April 5, 2006$20,000 · 51 kt wind · 2 events
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, April 5, 200653 kt wind · 16 events
- High Wind in Delaware, April 5, 2006$15,000 · 51 kt wind · 4 events
- Strong Wind in New Jersey, April 5, 2006$10,000 · 10 events
- Damaging Wind in Wyoming, April 5, 2006$15,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Utah, April 5 to 7, 200683 kt wind · 8 events
- Winter Storm in Colorado, April 5 to 7, 20066 events
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, April 5, 2006$5,000 · 5 events
- Heavy Snow and Heavy Rain in Montana, April 5 to 6, 20065 events
- Strong Wind in Maryland, April 5, 2006$4,000 · 4 events
- Hail in Missouri, April 5, 20061 in hail · 4 events
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: 5501932.