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| KERN RIVER - KERNVILLE (KRVC1) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Latitude: 35.75º N | Longitude: 118.42º W | Elevation: 2637 Feet | ||||||||||||||||
| Location: Kern County in CA | ||||||||||||||||||
| River Group: San Joaquin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance Time: | May 12 2025 at 8:13 AM PDT |
| Please Note: | Ensemble forecasts produced by CNRFC only consider meteorological uncertainty and do not account for hydrologic uncertainty. Flow data on this product are unregulated / full natural flow. |
| 4x5-Day Probability Plot |
| Tabular 4 x 5-Day Streamflow Volume Data | |||||
| Observed Peak 1-Day Streamflow Volume: (April 1 at 12 UTC to Current Date at 12 UTC) | Observed 05/12/2025 5.4kaf | ||||
| Forecast Peak 1-Day Streamflow Volume: (Current Date at 12 UTC to August 1 at 12 UTC) | 10% (Max) 05/27/2025 6.6kaf | 25% 05/25/2025 6.3kaf | 50% (Prob) 05/23/2025 5.9kaf | 75% 05/22/2025 5.5kaf | 90% (Min) 05/13/2025 5.3kaf |
| Tabular 5-Day Volume Accumulations (1000s of Acre-Feet) | ||||
| Probability | 05/12 to 05/17 | 05/17 to 05/22 | 05/22 to 05/27 | 05/27 to 06/01 |
| 10% | 23.3 kaf | 28.2 kaf | 30.8 kaf | 25.8 kaf |
| 25% | 22.6 kaf | 25.7 kaf | 28.9 kaf | 24.2 kaf |
| 50% (Median) | 22.0 kaf | 24.0 kaf | 26.9 kaf | 22.8 kaf |
| 75% | 21.6 kaf | 22.6 kaf | 24.3 kaf | 20.4 kaf |
| 90% | 21.3 kaf | 20.5 kaf | 22.1 kaf | 19.3 kaf |
| Location Photographs | ||
| ESRI™ Locator Map |
| Official 7 Day National Weather Service Forecast (CAZ332) |
| Today: Windy, cooler, sunny. Highs 67 to 73. West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 40 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 50 mph in the afternoon. Tonight: Windy. Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. West winds 20 to 30 mph decreasing to 15 to 20 mph after midnight. Gusts up to 50 mph. Tuesday: Windy, sunny. Highs 57 to 63. West winds 15 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 45 mph. Tuesday Night: Windy. Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. West winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 25 mph after midnight. Wednesday: Warmer, sunny. Highs 67 to 73. Northwest winds up to 10 mph shifting to the west with gusts to around 30 mph in the afternoon. Wednesday Night: Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Thursday: Sunny. Highs 74 to 80. Thursday Night: Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Friday and Friday Night: Partly cloudy. Highs 74 to 80. Lows in the mid 50s. Saturday: Sunny. Highs 70 to 76. Saturday Night: Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Sunday: Sunny. Highs 66 to 72. |
| Flood Impacts | |
| 13.5 Feet | Kern River adjacent to Riverside Park begins to escape its banks, flooding the lower park sidewalk. This is Preliminary Flood Stage. |