Heavy Rain, Santa Cruz
- When
- February 18, 4:00 AM PST to 10:15 AM PST
- Where
- Santa Cruz County, Ben Lomond
- Measured
- 244
- Coordinates
- 37.022, -122.010 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in California, February 18, 1996
Heavy rains of 4 to 6 inches fell over the higher elevations of the Coastal range
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 MTR wrote it up.
Heavy rains of 4 to 6 inches fell over the higher elevations of the Coastal range
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
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 18, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, February 18 to 20, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, February 18, 1996
- Flood in California, February 18 to 21, 1996
- Winter Storm in California, February 18 to 21, 1996
- High Wind in Hawaii, February 18 to 23, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 18, 1996
More
Every storm in California in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 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: 5573733.