Looking at the valley as a whole, you can see the “hit and miss” nature of these thunderstorms. The areas that got hit, got hit hard! Highway 111 was closed for hours due to flooding. Multiple business were inundated with flood waters from runoff in Cathedral City.

These totals are 1 hour totals.

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Some rain totals:

Palm Springs Airport: 0.86 inches (1 hour total)
Rancho Mirage: 0.43
Palm Desert: 0.38
Indian Wells: 0.36
Thousand Palms: 0.04

Here’s a few radar images at its intensity over Palm Springs (you may click on any one and cycle thru within popup window):

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