May 18, 2020
A low pressure system dropped southward off the northern California coast on May 17 than moved inland across central California on May 18. As a result, precipitation spread southward across the area north of Fresno County during the evening of May 17 and became widespread across our area on May 18. Several stations in the Sierra Nevada picked up between an inch and 2.50 inches of liquid precipitation while a few stations from Madera County northward picked up between 2.50 and 3.25 inches of liqu
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 881935). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Fresno County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.