Apr 7, 2020
The cold upper low pressure system that brought moderate to heavy precipitation across much of the area on April 5 and 6 was situated off the southern California coast on April 7 then tracked slowly northeast toward central California on April 8 and across the area on April 9. As a result, additional precipitation spread into Kern County during the evening of April 7 and spread northward across the area on April 8. This system produced periods of heavy rainfall across Kern County on April 8 wher
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 876227). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Kern County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.