Heavy Rain, Los Angeles
- When
- December 9, 11:00 AM PST to 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Los Angeles County, Sun Valley
- Coordinates
- 34.198, -118.261 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in California, December 9, 1996
A strong Pacific storm produced heavy rainfall across Southern California. One to three inches of rain fell overthe Southland.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 LOX wrote it up.
A strong Pacific storm produced heavy rainfall across Southern California. One to three inches of rain fell overthe Southland. Mudslides closed Interstate 5 near Sun Valley with over four feet of mud.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Surf in California, December 9, 1996
- High Wind in California, December 9, 1996
- Winter Storm in California, December 9 to 11, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, December 9 to 14, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Utah, December 9 to 11, 1996
- High Wind in Oregon, December 9 to 10, 1996
- High Wind in California, December 9, 1996
- High Wind in California, December 9, 1996
- High Wind in California, December 9, 1996
- Heavy Snow in California, December 9, 1996
- Heavy Snow in California, December 9 to 10, 1996
- High Wind in Nevada, December 9, 1996
More
Every storm in California in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in California, December 1996
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: 5581613.