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Southern Sierra Nevada-yosemite National Park To Kings Canyon 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.

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Hail reports
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Floods since 1996
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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 7, 1999 · Southern Sierra Nevada-yosemite National Park To Kings Canyon, California
Winter Storm Winter Storm
First Winter Storm of the season (lowered threshold) as 8" of snow fell at Tuolumne Meadows overnight. Snow levels were restricted to higher elevations (generally above 6500 feet MSL).
March 8, 1999 · Southern Sierra Nevada-yosemite National Park To Kings Canyon, California
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
February 9, 1999 · Southern Sierra Nevada-yosemite National Park To Kings Canyon, California
Winter Storm Winter Storm
January 24, 1999 · Southern Sierra Nevada-yosemite National Park To Kings Canyon, California
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
February 19, 1998 · Southern Sierra Nevada-yosemite National Park To Kings Canyon, California
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
February 14, 1998 · Southern Sierra Nevada-yosemite National Park To Kings Canyon, California
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Again in the upper elevations of the Southern Sierra Nevada represented by Mammoth Mountain...8" of snow fell by 0600 on the 14th...another 16" by 0600 on the 15th...and 17" by 0600 on the 17th. Badger Pass in Mariposa County received 11" of new snow overnight by the morning of t…
February 6, 1998 · Southern Sierra Nevada-yosemite National Park To Kings Canyon, California
High Wind High Wind
February 6, 1998 · Southern Sierra Nevada-yosemite National Park To Kings Canyon, California
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
12 inches of snow in the 1st 24 hours ending by 0600 on the 7th...an additional 18-24" by the 8th...then another 8" by the morning of 9th...and then an additional 8" by the morning of the 10th at Mammoth Mountain (Over 4 feet in 4 days). Badger Pass in Yosemite National Park rece…
February 3, 1998 · Southern Sierra Nevada-yosemite National Park To Kings Canyon, California
High Wind High Wind
Events by year, as a table
YearEventsTornadoes
199940
199850