Sep 3, 1997
Monsoonal moisture over the Southwest United States by the late afternoon/early evening of Wednesday, September 3rd, supported thunderstorm activity over the desert portions of Kern County and the northern Kern County Mountains. One particularly large cell produced heavy rain reaching 4.50 inches in a little over an hour and resulted in 28,000 CFS of flash flood flow down Red Rock Creek through Red Rock Canyon State Park damaging several bridges along State Highway 14. While not reaching sever
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5617428). 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.