Oct 3, 2018
An upper level low pressure system dropped southward along the California coast on October 2 spreading precipitation across the Central California Interior. Most of the San Joaquin Valley received a few hundredths of an inch of rainfall while the Southern Sierra Nevada picked up a few tenths of an inch with some locally higher amounts. The low slowly tracked toward the Southern California coast on October 3 which provided for enough instability for scattered thunderstorms to break out over the a
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 779399). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Kings County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.