Flash Flood, Trinity
- When
- July 14, 6:40 PM PST to 9:30 PM PST
- Where
- Trinity County, Junction City
- Coordinates
- 40.651, -123.113 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in California, July 14, 1996
A stationary thunderstorm over the Trinity Alps produced heavy rain at the headwaters of Canyon Creek and the North Fork of the Trinity River. A Trinity County Sheriff's Department sergeant reported a six foot wall of water in Canyon Creek near Junction City.
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 EKA wrote it up.
A stationary thunderstorm over the Trinity Alps produced heavy rain at the headwaters of Canyon Creek and the North Fork of the Trinity River. A Trinity County Sheriff's Department sergeant reported a six foot wall of water in Canyon Creek near Junction City. US Forest Service rangers reported water levels 10 feet above base flow at the head of Canyon Creek. Hikers in the Trinity Alps Wilderness Area reported 1/2 inch hail covering the ground to a depth of six inches. Quick action by the Trinity County Sheriff's Department cleared all people from the path of the flood which resulted in no injuries or loss of life.
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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, July 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, July 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, July 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, July 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 14, 1996
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 14 to 15, 1996
- Hail in New York, July 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 14, 1996
- Tornado in Arizona, July 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, July 14, 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: 5559741.