I remember that storm, it hung in the area for a very long time and rained and rained. We went to Colorado during the storm and it was muggy the whole time and the whole desert out here was standing water between Needles and Barstow from constant rain.
Actually this happened a few years ago. The storm came up the Gulf of Calfornia and into the Colorado River area. By this time it was a tropical depression but the desert areas got quite abit of rain. There was a lot of talk that it could strike more towards the coastal areas but in did not. I was preparing for the heavy rain.