Mar 10, 2020
A wet Pacific storm system brought scattered to numerous showers along with embedded thunderstorms to the deserts of far southeast California on March 20th. Locally heavy rain was observed to have fallen across portions of southeast Imperial County as well as in the vicinity of Yuma. The heavy rain led to some flooding as well as an episode of flash flooding along Ogilby road during the afternoon hours. During the late afternoon, local law enforcement reported flash flooding on portions of Ogilb
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 885075). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Imperial County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.