Flash Flood, Siskiyou
- When
- June 10, 9:25 PM PST
- Where
- Siskiyou County, Copco
- Coordinates
- 41.593, -122.540 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
1.50 INCHES IN 15 MIN. AND 1.80 TOTAL. POWER HOUSE WAS FLOODED.
Flash Flood in California, June 10, 1997
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:22 UTC.
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
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, June 10, 1997
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Utah, June 10, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, June 10, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New York, June 10, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 10, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 10, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 10, 1997
- Funnel Clouds in Texas, June 10, 1997
- Hail in Colorado, June 10, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 10, 1997
- Hail in Colorado, June 10, 1997
- Flood in Colorado, June 10, 1997
More
Every storm in California in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in California, June 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: 5622040.