Bakersfield, CA – A Flood Watch has been issued for most of Kern County, including Bakersfield, Tehachapi, Grapevine and surrounding communities, as a powerful weather system threatens to produce flash flooding Wednesday, October 21, through Thursday, October 22.
According to the National Weather Service in Hanford, the Flood Watch begins at 8 a.m. PDT Wednesday and continues until 8 p.m. Thursday, with excessive rainfall potentially causing dangerous flooding across portions of the southern San Joaquin Valley, Kern River Valley and Mojave Desert.
Forecasters warn that a strong low-pressure system moving inland from the Southern California coast will interact with tropical moisture, creating conditions favorable for repeated rounds of heavy rainfall…