Aug 20, 2003
Over three inches of rain in less than an hour flooded 19 businesses and 125 homes in Yucca Valley. Twenty-one swift water rescues were performed on people trapped in their vehicles by flood waters. The town of Phelan received 1.57 inches of rain in two hours which filled the El Mirage dry lake bed
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5369426). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in San Bernardino County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.