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Flood — Tulare, California

January 16, 1998 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
2
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Tulare

Event narrative (NOAA)

In trying to cross the Tule River in the mountains of Tulare County, an elderly couple's car was swept downstream off of a 100-foot low-water crossing. The river was running at a higher than normal level of 5 feet deep due to recent rains in Central California.

Other notable flood events in California

San Diego · December 16, 20023 killedRiverside · March 8, 20002 killedPlacer · November 23, 20242 killedFresno · May 1, 20232 killedX W Sierra/Ne Yuba/W Nevada/W Placer T X W/W El Dorado/W Amador T X W/C Calaveras/Sw Tuolumne T X Sw · February 3, 19982 killedSolano · January 1, 20061 killed

Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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