Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1997 and 1999, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
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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.
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
January 12, 1999 · Southern San Joaquin Valley, California
October 24, 1998 · Southern San Joaquin Valley, California
Pre-frontal gusty wind led to localized areas of very low visibility in blowing dust 3 miles east of Hanford in Kings County. A multi-vehicle accident involved 15 cars and 1 tractor-trailer rig with an estimated 8 injuries, but no fatalities. The blowing dust episode was very sho…
February 23, 1998 · Southern San Joaquin Valley, California
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…
December 16, 1999 · Southern San Joaquin Valley, California
December 3, 1999 · Southern San Joaquin Valley, California
December 1, 1999 · Southern San Joaquin Valley, California
November 10, 1999 · Southern San Joaquin Valley, California
Due to localized, lowered visibility in dense fog, 6 cars and 3 trucks were involved in a vehicular pile-up at 0645 PST on Highway 43 between Corcoran and Hanford in Kings County. Local newspapers and law enforcement had campaign about upcoming "fog season" on 10/29/99.
October 28, 1999 · Southern San Joaquin Valley, California
September 22, 1999 · Southern San Joaquin Valley, California
August 26, 1999 · Southern San Joaquin Valley, California
August 6, 1999 · Southern San Joaquin Valley, California
April 10, 1999 · Southern San Joaquin Valley, California
April 3, 1999 · Southern San Joaquin Valley, California
February 12, 1999 · Southern San Joaquin Valley, California
February 2, 1999 · Southern San Joaquin Valley, California
Visibility "00" in Kings County.
January 24, 1999 · Southern San Joaquin Valley, California
December 20, 1998 · Southern San Joaquin Valley, California
November 13, 1998 · Southern San Joaquin Valley, California
September 1, 1998 · Southern San Joaquin Valley, California
April 1, 1998 · Southern San Joaquin Valley, California
February 14, 1998 · Southern San Joaquin Valley, California
Locally heavy rain with some thundershorm activity on the 14th and residual showers on the 15th provided continued runoff on the Southern San Joaquin Valley floor in and around Lamont. The runoff head arrived in Lamont at 1130 PST on 2/15/98. Some flooding occurred in West Kern C…
February 6, 1998 · Southern San Joaquin Valley, California
Gradient wind from the southeast reached 46Kts (53MPH)...no damage reported.
February 6, 1998 · Southern San Joaquin Valley, California
February 2, 1998 · Southern San Joaquin Valley, California
December 24, 1997 · Southern San Joaquin Valley, California
Note narrative on fog for same time period.