California, 2019

Flood in California, June 6 to 7, 2019

June 6 to 7, 2019 · NWS HNX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The Merced River at Pohono Bridge reached it's flood stage of 10 feet during the nights following June 5 and and June 6 following a few days with much warmer than normal temperatures which resulted in increased snow melt runoff.

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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.

The Merced River at Pohono Bridge reached it's flood stage of 10 feet during the nights following June 5 and and June 6 following a few days with much warmer than normal temperatures which resulted in increased snow melt runoff.

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 Jun 5, 3:57 PM PST, 8 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 3:57 PM PST, 8 hours 3 minutes before
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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Mariposa

When
June 6, 12:00 AM PST to June 7, 4:00 AM PST
Where
Mariposa County, 4.13 mi ENE of Foresta to 4.8 mi ENE of Foresta
Cause
Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
Reported by
River/Stream Gage
Coordinates
37.716, -119.677

The Merced River at Pohono Bridge reached it's flood stage at 10 feet for around 6 hours between 1 am PDT on June 6 and 700 am PDT on June 6 and again for around 6 hours between 11 pm PDT on June 6 and 500 am PDT on June 7. The river crested at 10.13 feet at 500 am PDT on June 6.

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

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 817266.