Flash Flood — Inyo, California

2023-08-19 · near Bartlett, Inyo, California

Event narrative

Highway 395 flooded both in Lone Pine and at Boulder Creek 4 miles SSE of Lone Pine.

Wider weather episode

Eastern Pacific Hurricane Hilary made landfall on the Baja Peninsula early on the morning of the 20th and reached Southern California as a tropical storm that afternoon. The cyclone brought widespread flash flooding to southeast California, along with isolated high winds.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1137043. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.