Flood, San Diego
- When
- July 8, 7:30 AM PST to 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- San Diego County, Fallbrook
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.028, -116.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in California, July 8, 1999
Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused standing water on Interstates 15 and 5 and flooded intersections in Hemet and San Jacinto with a half to two feet of water. Several motor vehicle accidents then occured resulting in one death, four injuries, and $125,000 property damage.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 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 SGX wrote it up.
Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused standing water on Interstates 15 and 5 and flooded intersections in Hemet and San Jacinto with a half to two feet of water. Several motor vehicle accidents then occured resulting in one death, four injuries, and $125,000 property damage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Riverside
- When
- July 8, 10:00 AM PST to 11:15 AM PST
- Where
- Riverside County, Hemet
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.744, -115.994 (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 Flood in Nevada, July 8, 1999
- Heat in Missouri, July 8 to 9, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 8, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 8, 1999
- Flood and Hail in Wisconsin, July 8 to 9, 1999
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 8, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 8 to 9, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 8, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 8, 1999
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, July 8, 1999
- Flood in California, July 8, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 8, 1999
More
Every storm in California in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in California, July 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: 5707177, 5707178.