Flood, Los Angeles
- When
- February 16, 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Los Angeles County, Monrovia
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.198, -118.261 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado and Flood in California, February 16, 2000
1 flood, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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.
The radar
The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:28 UTC.
Event by event
1 flood, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Los Angeles
- When
- February 16, 4:30 PM PST
- Where
- Los Angeles County, Covina
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.083, -117.883
A cold and unstable airmass generated heavy showers and thunderstorms across Central and Southern California. Numerous reports of heavy showers and small hail were received from the area. In Covina, a weak tornado developed, damaging four mobile homes. Fortunately, no one was injured. With the heavy showers, street flooding was reported in Monrovia.
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.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, February 16 to 17, 2000
- Winter Weather in New York, February 16, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 16, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 16 to 17, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 16, 2000
- Heavy Snow in California, February 16, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, February 16, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 16, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 16 to 17, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 16, 2000
- Hail in California, February 16, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 16 to 17, 2000
More
Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for California, 2000Warnings in California, February 2000
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: 5131513, 5131512.