Oct 14, 2009
A deep low pressure trough tapped into quite a bit of moisture from the remnants of Super-Typhoon Melor, bringing as much as around 2 inches of rain to the central and southern San Joaquin Valley on the 13th-14th. Much higher amounts fell in the Southern Sierra Nevada. Dinkey Creek received the most precipitation from this storm, with a storm total was just over 13 inches (about 9 inches of this fell in 12 hours on the 13th). Wishon Dam recorded a storm total of around 10 inches by the 14th. At
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 200637). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Tulare County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.