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AllaN01Bear

(23,053 posts) Sun Mar 12, 2023, 10:35 PM Mar 2023

flash flood warning mariposa county and southern tuolumne county

caused by thunderstorms .
https://www.wunderground.com/severe/us/ca/sonora

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flash flood warning mariposa county and southern tuolumne county (Original Post) AllaN01Bear Mar 2023 OP

No mercy. usonian Mar 2023 #1

usonian

(13,853 posts)

1. No mercy.

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Sun Mar 12, 2023, 11:07 PM

Mar 2023

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Hodgdon Meadow Campground, Crane Flat, Crane Flat Campground and
Gin Flat.

IIRC, these are on Highway 120, as you would go to Tioga Pass or Groveland.

As for the Merced River, the valley is 4000 ft. in elevation (Half Dome is 8800). So, the Merced drops about 1300 ft. to Mariposa, and 2700 ft. more to the valley. Expect roads to be a mess due to runoff. The part of Highway 49 where it levels out in the Merced direction is sometimes flooded.

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