Flood in Fresno County, California

Flood January 2, 2006 · Fresno County, California

$1.4M

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

The wider storm

Continuous rain, heavy at times, brought an abnormally high 2.84" of rain to the Fresno Air Terminal, 3.19" in Selma, and 2.25" at Coalinga in a little over 24 hours. A new rainfall record of 1.88" was set for the 2nd of January for Fresno. Flooding was observed in the city of Fresno as 15 ponding basins overflowed. Local flooding was also reported in smaller cities of Huron, Fowler, and Selma. Over 150 houses were damaged within the county. The strong wind downed trees and power lines leaving over 60,000 customers without power at some point.

Began near Central Portion (36.7333, -119.7333).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5491892. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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