Tulare Sheriff issues evacuation order for the Porterville area

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. ( KSEE/KGPE ) –  The Tulare County Sheriff's Office announced an evacuation order for the Porterville area Wednesday morning....

March 16, 2023
3:52 AM

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. ( KSEE/KGPE ) –  The Tulare County Sheriff's Office announced an evacuation order for the Porterville area Wednesday morning. Tulare Sheriff Mike  Boudreaux says due to the recent storm events and the water levels rising in Success Lake to the point the water is running over the spillway at Schafer Dam, Sheriff Mike Boudreaux has issued an Evacuation Order for all residences, businesses, and structures, on both sides of the Tule River, from Richard L. Schafer Dam at Lake Success, in Porterville, to the east side of Road 284.

John Houghton