Aug 22, 2012
An upper-level disturbance that moved across central California during the night of August 17th-18th brought enough instability to the monsoonal moisture aloft to trigger widespread light showers across the central California interior. By sunrise, lightning had been reported in Clovis and in the Southern Sierra Nevada foothills near Coarsegold. The clouds also kept low temperatures abnormally warm, with Bakersfield having a low of 80 on August 18th, and Fresno a low of 75. Both set high minimum
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 410780). 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.