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Flood — Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

February 23, 1998 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$18.0M
Area
Southern San Joaquin Valley

Event narrative (NOAA)

Caliente Creek progressed from nuisance flow to flooding by the wee hours of the morning of 2/24/98. The flow climbed to a peak estimated at 6000CFS at Bena (in the foothills of the Tehachapi Mountains and upstream of Lamont) by 0230 PST on 2/24/98. Evacuation of Lamont was begun at 2000 PST on 2/23/98 in anticipation of flooding due to the steady accumulation of rain. Bakersfield Spotter Bob Niebel reported 0.88" of rain by 1822 PST on 2/23/98 and a seasonal total of 10.27" (normal yearly rain for Bakersfield is only near 5.72")...Meadows Field reported a rain total of 1.26" on 2/22 and 2/23. Further downstream of Lamont, water from Caliente Creek flooded and closed State Highway 99 northbound lanes at Herring Road 8 miles south of Bakersfield by 0800 PST on the 24th. The White R

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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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