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Updated:September 17, 2025 3:30 pm PDT

Flood Watch FLOOD WATCH  
Tulare County

  Effective: Wed, 9/17 12:22pm Severity:  Severe 
  Updated: September 17, 2025 3:30 pm Urgency: Future
  Expires: Wed, 9/17 8:30pm Certainty: Possible

Areas Affected: Coalinga - Avenal - West Side of Fresno and Kings Counties - Caruthers - San Joaquin - Selma - Fresno-Clovis - West Side Mountains South of 198 - Buttonwillow - Lost Hills - I5 - Delano-Wasco-Shafter - Hanford - Corcoran - Lemoore - Visalia - Porterville - Reedley - Buena Vista - Bakersfield - Southeast San Joaquin Valley - South End San Joaquin Valley
 
Alert Details:
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.

* WHERE...Southern San Joaquin Valley

* WHEN...From Thursday afternoon through Friday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Marginal to Slight risk of Excessive Rainfall due to
thunderstorms
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Information:
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.
Flood Watch FLOOD WATCH  
Tulare County

  Effective: Wed, 9/17 12:22pm Severity:  Severe 
  Updated: September 17, 2025 3:30 pm Urgency: Future
  Expires: Wed, 9/17 8:30pm Certainty: Possible

Areas Affected: Mariposa Madera Foothills - Mariposa-Madera Lower Sierra - Fresno-Tulare Foothills - Fresno-Tulare Lower Sierra - Yosemite NP outside of the valley - Yosemite Valley - San Joaquin River Canyon - Upper San Joaquin River - Kaiser to Rodgers Ridge - Kings Canyon NP - Grant Grove Area - Sequoia NP
 
Alert Details:
* WHAT...Flash flooding and debris flows caused by excessive
rainfall are possible over the Sierra Nevada including the Basin
and French Burn Scars and the Garnet Fire.

* WHERE...Sierra Nevada and foothills including the Basin and French
burn scars and the Garnet Fire.


* WHEN...From Thursday morning through Friday evening.

* IMPACTS...Heavy rainfall over the Sierra Nevada including the
Basin and French Burn Scars and the Garnet Fire is expected up to
and during the period of the watch. Residents near the Basin and
French Burn Scars and the Garnet Fire should prepare for potential
flooding impacts. Be sure to stay up to date with information from
local authorities. Excessive runoff may result in flooding of
rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone
locations.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- National Weather Service Meteorologists are forecasting heavy
rainfall in thunderstorms over the Sierra Nevada including
the burn scars, which may lead to flash flooding and debris
flows.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Information:
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.
Flood Watch FLOOD WATCH  
Tulare County

  Effective: Wed, 9/17 12:22pm Severity:  Severe 
  Updated: September 17, 2025 3:30 pm Urgency: Future
  Expires: Wed, 9/17 8:30pm Certainty: Possible

Areas Affected: South End Sierra Foothills - South End of the Lower Sierra - South End of the Upper Sierra - Kern River Valley - Piute Walker Basin - Tehachapi - Grapevine - Frazier Mountain Communities - Indian Wells Valley - Mojave Desert Slopes - Mojave Desert
 
Alert Details:
* WHAT...Flash flooding and debris flows caused by excessive
rainfall are possible over the Kern County Mountains and Desert
including the Borel burn scar.

* WHERE...Kern County Mountains and Desert

* WHEN...From late tonight through Friday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Heavy rainfall over the Borel burn scar is expected up
to and during the period of the watch. Be sure to stay up to date
with information from local authorities. Excessive runoff may
result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying
and flood-prone locations.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- National Weather Service Meteorologists are forecasting heavy
rainfall over the Kern County Mounatins and Desert including
the Borel burn scar, which may lead to flash flooding and
debris flows.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Information:
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.