Flood — Inyo, California

2017-06-02 to 2017-06-30 · near Laws, Inyo, California

$10.0M

Property damage

Event narrative

Widespread flooding occurred in western Inyo County due to melting of exceptionally heavy winter snowpack in the Sierra. Numerous roads, bridges, culverts, and other structures were damaged. The event continued into July. The damage estimate for the entire event is given in this month.

Wider weather episode

After exceptionally heavy snow during the winter, warming temperatures led to significant snowmelt runoff in the Eastern Sierra and the Owens Valley. The episode continued into July. The total estimated damage from the episode was reported in this month.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 707236. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.