Flood, San Luis Obispo
- When
- March 24, 3:00 PM PST to March 25, 7:00 AM PST
- Where
- San Luis Obispo County, San Luis Obispo
- Coordinates
- 35.387, -120.452 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in California, March 24 to 25, 1998
A Pacific storm brought another round of rain to Central and Southern California. Rainfall totals ranged from around one inch across coastal areas with up to four inches in the mountains.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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 Pacific storm brought another round of rain to Central and Southern California. Rainfall totals ranged from around one inch across coastal areas with up to four inches in the mountains. Fortunately, the rainfall only caused nuisance flooding. In San Luis Obispo, the Pacific Coast Highway was closed due to flooding. In Goleta, the rain backed up storm drains, producing numerous reports of minor urban flooding. Across Ventura county, urban flooding was reported in the communities of Ojai and Thousand Oaks. In Los Angeles county, flooding closed Vineland Avenue and the Golden State Freeway in the Burbank area.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Santa Barbara
- When
- March 24, 3:00 PM PST to March 25, 7:00 AM PST
- Where
- Santa Barbara County, Goleta
- Coordinates
- 34.538, -120.031 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Ventura
- When
- March 24, 10:00 PM PST to March 25, 1:45 PM PST
- Where
- Ventura County, Thousand Oaks
- Coordinates
- 34.358, -119.126 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Los Angeles
- When
- March 25, 2:00 AM PST to 5:00 PM PST
- Where
- Los Angeles County, Burbank
- Coordinates
- 34.198, -118.261 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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 Flooding and Flood in California, March 24 to 25, 1998
- Flood and Damaging Winds in California, March 24, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in California, March 24, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, March 24, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Utah, March 24, 1998
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 24, 1998
- Hail in Idaho, March 24, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, March 24 to 25, 1998
- Funnel Cloud in Idaho, March 24, 1998
More
Every storm in California in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in California, March 1998
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: 5633922, 5633923, 5633924, 5633925.