Mar 20, 2019
A slow moving low pressure system near the California coast spread moisture inland during the evening of March 19 and the morning of March 20. This produced a band of mainly light rainfall which was most noticeable north of Fresno County. Skies cleared out in the San Joaquin Valley during the afternoon of March 20 and with a post-frontal unstable airmass present, thunderstorms broke out in the valley during the afternoon through the early evening. The thunderstorms produced some locally heavy ra
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 802599). 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.