Jul 19, 2015
The combination of lingering tropical moisture from former hurricane Dolores and a weather disturbance moving into southern California led to intense thunderstorms with torrential rainfall across portions of eastern Riverside county during the afternoon hours on July 19th. A cluster of slow moving thunderstorms near and just to the west of Desert Center produced more than 6 inches of rain along Interstate 10; the heavy rain caused significant flash flooding which washed out the eastbound lanes o
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 579890). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Riverside County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.