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Central Sjv County, California
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1998 and 1999, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
0
Tornado reports
0
Hail reports
0
Floods since 1996
20
All events
4
Deaths
$1.5M
Property damage
NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
Multiple vehicle accident 2 miles southeast of Merced, CA, on Highway 99 involving several cars and a tractor-trailer truck rig just around 0610 PST. Injuries were reported by the California Highway Patrol. Another accident in Fresno County east of Easton involved two tractor-tra…
Dense Fog Dense Fog
Locally dense fog developed with visibilities less than 1/4 mile around Fresno.
Dense Fog Dense Fog
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
Strong Wind Strong Wind
Dense Fog Dense Fog
Dense Fog developed in the Central San Joaquin Valley immediately prior to midnight and persisted until high cloudiness moved over the area in the wee hours of the morning of the 28th. Visibility dropped to less than 1/4 mile as reported by both the Merced and Madera ASOS units.
Dense Fog Dense Fog
California Highway Patrol reported visibilities of only 200-500 feet along Interstate Highway-5 from Merced County south into northern Fresno County on the west side of the Valley.
Heat Heat
Cold/Wind Chill Cold/Wind Chill
Fresno County deciduous area temperatures dropped to 28 to 32 deg. F.
Dense fog with visibilities of only 100 feet contributed to a six-vehicle pileup in Madera County. The accident was at 0640 PST east of Madera in rural Madera County. Other areas of concern were black ice formation in Merced, Mariposa, Madera, and Fresno Counties due to temperatu…
Dense Fog Dense Fog
Dense fog formed at Merced by 2245 PST on 11/14/98, subsequently following at Fresno by 0156 PST. The Dense Fog Advisory had been issued for widespread fog at 0010 PST on 11/15/98. A spotter from the Livingston area confirmed dense fog of less than 100 feet visibility at 0748 PST…
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
Coldfrontal passage through the northern portion of Central California on Sept 9th did not provide any especially inclement weather. However, it is worth mentioning because of the previous elongated rainy season supported by an El Nino in the mid-Pacific. The late arrival of summ…
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
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