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South 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
16
All events
2
Deaths
$1.2M
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.

November 14, 1998 · South Sjv, California
Dense Fog Dense Fog2 deaths, 56 injuries, $1.1M damage
December 29, 1998 · South Sjv, California
Dense Fog Dense Fog10 injuries
Dense fog formation led to an 8-vehicle pileup on Highway 198 near Lemoore. Visibilities were near zero around Lemoore and less than 100 feet in several other areas along Highway 198 in Kings County. There were several other accidents in Kings County along Highway 41 and other ru…
December 18, 1999 · South Sjv, California
Dense Fog Dense Fog
December 15, 1999 · South Sjv, California
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
December 14, 1999 · South Sjv, California
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
December 12, 1999 · South Sjv, California
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
December 10, 1999 · South Sjv, California
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
December 10, 1999 · South Sjv, California
Strong Wind Strong Wind
November 23, 1999 · South Sjv, California
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
A fair amount of the Southern San Joaquin Valley reached at or below 32F on the morning of the 23rd. While this was not a concern to commercial agricultural purposes, it did mark the first night where urban horticulturists were affected. The colder locations were primarily along …
July 12, 1999 · South Sjv, California
Heat Heat
March 19, 1999 · South Sjv, California
High Wind High Wind
February 11, 1999 · South Sjv, California
Cold/Wind Chill Cold/Wind Chill
January 1, 1999 · South Sjv, California
Dense Fog Dense Fog
November 16, 1998 · South Sjv, California
Dense Fog Dense Fog
A Dense Fog Advisory was issued at 1550 PST 11/16/98 for dense fog the following morning. A weather spotter reported dense fog with visiblities less than 300 feet at 0710 PST. Dense fog formed at Hanford by 0153 PST; Visalia at 0636 PST; and Navy Lemoore upon opening at 0655 PST.
November 14, 1998 · South Sjv, California
Dense Fog Dense Fog
Dense fog initially formed at Hanford at 2128 PST on 11/14/98 and subsequently followed at Bakersfield by 0128 11/15/98. A spotter report from Visalia at 0710 confirmed visibility down to 200 feet.
September 4, 1998 · South Sjv, California
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
Events by year, as a table
YearEventsTornadoes
1999110
199850