Flood — Kings, California

2017-06-22 to 2017-06-29 · near Hardwick, Kings, California

Event narrative

A levee breech occurred along an irrigation canal near Grangeville. The report was received from the California Department of Water Resources after being reported by Kings County Sheriff Deputies.

Wider weather episode

Large water releases from Pine Flat Dam resulted in flooding along portions of the Kings River between June 18 and June 29. Evacuations began at Riverland RV park near Kingsburg on June 18. A levee breech near the Kings River Country Club near Kingsburg occurred on June 23 followed by a second breech just downstream of the first levee breech on June 24. As a result of the second breech, 90 homes were threatened by flooding in Tulare County. 300 people were evacuated as water ponded up to 12 feet deep around homes and 7 structures were damaged. A sandbagging operation took place on June 24 and June 25 in Tulare County on on June 25 and June 26 using over 1000 sandbags. Releases were cut back at Pine Flat Dam on June 26 and the flooding downstream receded by June 29.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 708242. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.