Feb 21, 2024
A frontal boundary associated with an upper trough pushed through central California between the afternoon of February 20 and the morning of February 21. Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed along the boundary and many locations in the San Joaquin Valley picked up an additional quarter to half inch of rainfall as a result. Several stations in the Sierra Nevada and adjacent foothills picked up an additional half inch to an inch of additional liquid precipitation with several SNOTEL stati
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1153030). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Kern County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.