Mar 13, 2018
An upper low pressure system strengthened off the Pacific Northwest coast on March 12. This system spread moisture into Central California on March 13 and 14 as a deep upper trough slowly pushed east across the region. Scattered thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of March 13, and one strong thunderstorm which developed in the Southern Sierra Foothills in Tulare County produced heavy rainfall which resulted in Flash Flooding and mudslides near the Pier Fire burn scar near Springville. M
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 734737). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Tulare County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.