Rip Current, Ventura
- When
- January 3, 8:30 AM PST
- Where
- Ventura County, Hollywood By the Sea
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.358, -119.126 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire and Rip Current in California, January 3, 1999
Gusty Santa Ana winds fueled a brush fire in the San Fernando Valley, north of Granada Hills. Over 600 acres of land was burned, but no injuries or property damage was reported.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
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- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 4
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Gusty Santa Ana winds fueled a brush fire in the San Fernando Valley, north of Granada Hills. Over 600 acres of land was burned, but no injuries or property damage was reported. The Santa Ana winds also produced deadly rip currents across the Southern California coastal waters. In the Channel Islands Harbour, four people were injured and two more were killed when the rip currents flipped over their outrigger canoe.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 rip current, 1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Wildfire, Los Angeles
- When
- January 3, 11:00 AM PST to 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Los Angeles County, 3 mi N of Granada Hills
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.198, -118.261 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, Ventura | 1999-01-03 | Male | In Water | Direct | |
| Rip Current, Ventura | 1999-01-03 | Male | In Water | Direct |
What these are
- Rip Current
- A narrow, fast current flowing away from the beach that caused a drowning or rescue.
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in New York, January 3, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Florida, January 3, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, January 3, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, January 3, 1999
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 3, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in New Jersey, January 3, 1999
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maine, January 3, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, January 3, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, January 3, 1999
- High Wind and Winter Weather in Massachusetts, January 3, 1999
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Michigan, January 3, 1999
- Winter Storm in New York, January 3, 1999
More
Every storm in California in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 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: 5678959, 5678958.