Flash Flood — San Bernardino, California

2003-08-20 · near Yucca Vly, San Bernardino, California

Wider weather episode

Over three inches of rain in less than an hour flooded 19 businesses and 125 homes in Yucca Valley. Twenty-one swift water rescues were performed on people trapped in their vehicles by flood waters. The town of Phelan received 1.57 inches of rain in two hours which filled the El Mirage dry lake bed

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5369426. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.