Flood, Sonoma / Marin Counties
- When
- January 3, 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Sonoma / Marin Counties forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
Flood in California, January 3, 1997
A 33 year old male dove into the high water of the Sonoma Creek to avoid the police and drowned.
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- 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.
A 33 year old male dove into the high water of the Sonoma Creek to avoid the police and drowned.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flood, Sonoma / Marin Counties | 1997-01-03 | 33 | Male | In Water | Direct |
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Utah, January 3, 1997
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, January 3 to 5, 1997
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, January 3 to 5, 1997
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, January 3 to 5, 1997
- Heat in New Jersey, January 3 to 5, 1997
- Heat in Pennsylvania, January 3 to 5, 1997
- Dense Fog in Florida, January 3, 1997
- Ice Storm in Minnesota, January 3 to 4, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 3 to 4, 1997
- Heat in Maryland, January 3 to 6, 1997
- Heat in Delaware, January 3 to 6, 1997
- Ice Storm in South Dakota, January 3 to 4, 1997
More
Every storm in California in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 1997
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: 5620103.