High Surf in California, February 20, 1999

Name: High Surf in California, February 20, 1999
Start: 1999-02-20T16:20
End: 1999-02-20T16:20
Location: California

February 20, 1999 · NWS LOX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high surf, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 3
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.

Event by event

1 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.

High Surf, X Se Los Angeles

When: February 20, 4:20 PM PST
Where: X Se Los Angeles forecast zone
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Higher than normal surf swept four people off of a jetty in San Pedro Bay. Three of the people were rescued. However, the fourth person was pronounced dead after emergency personnel could not find his body.

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
High Surf, X Se Los Angeles	1999-02-20	21	Male	In Water	Direct

What these are

High Surf: Large waves breaking on the shore that caused damage, erosion or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in California in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in California, February 1999

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: 5681082.