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Flash Flood — Inyo, CA

Sep 25, 1997

The remnants of Hurricane Nora spread inland across Arizona, southern California and southern Nevada. This rare tropical storm in the deserts dumped between one and two inches of rain over much of San Bernardino and Inyo Counties. Minor flooding occurred in Twentynine Palms with water along highways 62 and 247, but no roads were forced to close. In Death Valley National Park, flooding was a little more substantial as highway 190 was washed out between Panamint Springs and Stove Pipe. Numerou

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5620521). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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