Flash Flood, Santa Cruz
- When
- December 10, 12:00 AM PST to 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- Santa Cruz County, Corralitos
- Coordinates
- 37.022, -122.010 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in California, December 10, 1996
23" of rain were recorded at Corrolitos is on the Corrolitos Creek. The Corrolitos and Salsipuedes Creeks exceeded their banks and flooded many agricultural fields including Strawberries, Lettuce and orchards.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MTR wrote it up.
3.23" of rain were recorded at Corrolitos is on the Corrolitos Creek. The Corrolitos and Salsipuedes Creeks exceeded their banks and flooded many agricultural fields including Strawberries, Lettuce and orchards. It closed many roads in the area and contributed to a large rise in the Pajaro River near Watsonville. 10 roads in the area were closed and 300 people were evacuated along the Corrolitos Creek.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Nevada, December 10, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, December 10 to 11, 1996
- Flood in California, December 10, 1996
- Flood in California, December 10, 1996
- Heavy Rain in California, December 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 10, 1996
- High Wind in Nevada, December 10, 1996
- High Wind in California, December 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in California, December 10, 1996
- High Wind in Nevada, December 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in California, December 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, December 10, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5575579.