California, 2000

Heavy Rain in California, February 13, 2000

February 13, 2000 · NWS HNX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The San Joaquin Valley floor received 2/3rds of an inch of rain during the rain episode resulting in its typical flooded streets. 59" of water-year rain by the afternoon of the 13th ...

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS HNX wrote it up.

The San Joaquin Valley floor received 2/3rds of an inch of rain during the rain episode resulting in its typical flooded streets. Fresno reached 5.59" of water-year rain by the afternoon of the 13th ... 87% of normal for the date...and ended with 1.08" for the 24-hour period. This broke the old rain record for-the-date of 0.80" set in 1936. Fresno's 4-day rainfall total ending on the 13th was 2.08".

Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, E Central Sj Valley

When
February 13, 12:00 AM PST to 11:59 PM PST
Where
E Central Sj Valley forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

What these are

Heavy Rain
Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

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

The same day elsewhere

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5135116.