Heavy Rain — Kern, California

2024-07-14 · near Onyx, Kern, California

Event narrative

The Walker Pass RAWS measured 0.52 inches of rainfall between 1900 and 2000 PDT.

Wider weather episode

Topical moisture streaming northward into central California triggered another round of afternoon and evening thunderstorms mainly impacting the Sierra Nevada and the Kern County Desert areas. While rainfall amounts were generally a tenth of an inch or less, a few locations in the south end of the upper Sierra and the Kern River Valley which were impacted by heavier thunderstorms measured over a quarter of an inch of rainfall.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1182213. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.