Aug 3, 2017
Scattered monsoon thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening hours across portions of Imperial County on August 3rd and is typical with monsoon storms, they produced gusty and damaging outflow winds along with locally heavy rainfall. For example, during the late afternoon, thunderstorms moved across the western portion of the Imperial Valley, near the town of Seeley, and they generated gusty winds over 60 mph that downed as many as 40 power poles along Drew Road. The poles were dow
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 714532). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Imperial County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.