NPS Live Camera in Yosemite National Park
Photo from 5:54 P.M Tuesday - Looking into the Merced River Canyon
Update: 6:50 P.M. Yosemite Park Reports: El Portal Rd (Hwy 140) closed overnight due to debris flows. Access to Yosemite Valley is still possible via Big Oak Flat and Wawona Roads.
Watch for rocks on all park roads. Call 209/372-0200 (dial 1 then 1) for road condition updates.
Update 6:24 P.M. CHP Reports 140 Is CLOSED into Yosemite National Park - Requesting for Hard Closure at Yosemite View Lodge.
Update 6:19 P.M: NWS reports at 6:10 P.M El Portal reported 0.98 inch of rain in past hour and White Wolf reported 0.37 inch of rain in past hour.
July 21, 2015 - National Weather Service Issues a Flash Flood Warning:
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
555 PM PDT TUE JUL 21 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN TUOLUMNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...
NORTHEASTERN MARIPOSA COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...
* UNTIL 1045 PM PDT
* AT 543 PM PDT...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING ON HIGHWAY 140 NEAR EL PORTAL. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE RIM FIRE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...YOSEMITE VALLEY...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK...WAWONA...HETCH HETCHY...THE RIM FIRE BURN SCAR...YOSEMITE GLACIER POINT...EL PORTAL..
And
4:30 P.M.
The National Weather Service In Hanford Has Issued A
* Small Stream Flood Advisory For...
Northeastern Madera County In Central California...
Western Tuolumne County In Central California...
Northeastern Mariposa County In Central California...
* Until 9:00 P.M.
* At 4:26 P.M....Doppler Radar And Automated Rain Gauges Indicated Heavy Rain Due To Thunderstorms.
This Will Cause Small Stream Flooding In The Advisory Area.
* Some Locations That Will Experience Flooding Include...
Yosemite South Entrance...Yosemite National...Yosemite Valley... Mariposa Grove...Paradise Meadow...Yosemite Glacier Point...Snow Flat...Graveyard Meadow...Fish Camp...Gin Flat...Tenaya Lake... Chilkoot Meadow...Wawona...Hetch Hetchy...Ostrander Lake...Green Mtn And Poison Ridge.