Includes Mariposa, Madera, Merced, Fresno Counties and Yosemite Valley

March 8, 2023 - The National Weather Service Hanford Office reports excessive rainfall below 9,000 feet and melting snow from 2,000 feet to 4,000 feet will cause water levels to rise on area rivers, creeks, and streams, resulting in the possibility of flooding Thursday evening into Sunday morning.

The heaviest rainfall is expected Thursday evening through Friday night.

Flood Watch

National Weather Service Hanford CA
344 AM PST Wed Mar 8 2023

West Side Mountains north of 198-Los Banos - Dos Palos-Merced -
Madera - Mendota-Planada - Le Grand - Snelling-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-Mariposa Madera
Foothills-Mariposa-Madera Lower Sierra-Fresno-Tulare Foothills-
Fresno-Tulare Lower Sierra-South End Sierra Foothills-South End of
the 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-South End of the
Upper Sierra-Kern River Valley-Piute Walker Basin-Tehachapi-
Grapevine-Frazier Mountain Communities-
Including the cities of Bass Lake, Blackwells Corner, Devils
Postpile, Grant Grove, Grapevine, Arvin, Wawona, Visalia, Parlier,
Tehachapi, Lake Thomas Edison, Lake Mcclure, Hanford, Kingsburg,
Kerman, Porterville, Los Banos, El Portal, Coarsegold, North Fork,
Frazier Park, Kernville, Richgrove, Hume Lake, Planada, Sanger,
Alpaugh, Atwater, Lemoore, Goshen, McKittrick, Mariposa, Fish Camp,
Camp Nelson, Huntington Lake, Johnsondale, Avenal, Le Grand, Lost
Hills, Taft, Millerton Lake, Wasco, Auberry, Coalinga, Fresno,
Corcoran, Lebec, Yosemite Valley, Shafter, Kettleman City, Lamont,
Lodgepole, Cedar Grove, Oakhurst, Merced, Giant Forest, Tulare,
Bakersfield, Buttonwillow, Florence Lake, Five Points, Lake Wishon,
San Luis Reservoir, Shaver Lake, Lake Isabella, Tuolumne Meadows,
Lemoore Station, Delano, Selma, and Madera
344 AM PST Wed Mar 8 2023

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
  possible.

* WHERE...Central California below 4,000 feet

* WHEN...From Thursday afternoon through Sunday morning.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
  creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
  Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur
  in poor drainage and urban areas. Area creeks and streams are
  running high and could flood with more heavy rain.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - Excessive Rainfall from heavy precipitation entering the
    Central California Interior later on Thursday and into
    Friday.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.