Heavy Snow, N Ventura
- When
- February 20, 4:00 PM PST to February 21, 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- N Ventura forecast zone
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
Flash Flooding and Flooding in California, February 20 to 21, 2000
A powerful winter storm brought heavy rain and snow to Central and Southern California. Heavy rain, totalling 2 to 6 inches, produced flash flooding across Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 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
- 10
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.
A powerful winter storm brought heavy rain and snow to Central and Southern California. Heavy rain, totalling 2 to 6 inches, produced flash flooding across Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties. In Ventura and Los Angeles counties, flash flooding and mudslides closed parts of San Gabriel Canyon Road in the Angeles National Forest as well as Highway 150 near Lake Casitas and Highway 33 near Wheeler Gorge. In Goleta, Las Vegas Creek overflowed, flooding Goleta Valley Junior High School as well as Twin Lakes Golf Course. In addition, the heavy showers resulted in numerous reports of street flooding across the area. In the mountains, 12 to 22 inches of new snow was reported. Numerous thunderstorms were reported across the area, producing small hail and even a waterspout south of Santa Barbara airport.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow, 3 flood, 3 flash flood, 1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, N Los Angeles T X N
- When
- February 20, 4:00 PM PST to February 21, 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- N Los Angeles T X N forecast zone
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
Heavy Snow, P C Santa Barbara
- When
- February 20, 4:00 PM PST to February 21, 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- P C Santa Barbara forecast zone
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
Flood, Santa Barbara
- When
- February 20, 4:00 PM PST to February 21, 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Santa Barbara County, Santa Barbara
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.538, -120.031 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Ventura
- When
- February 20, 4:00 PM PST to February 21, 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Ventura County, Ventura
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.358, -119.126 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Los Angeles
- When
- February 20, 4:00 PM PST to February 21, 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Los Angeles County, Los Angeles
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.198, -118.261 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Ventura
- When
- February 20, 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Ventura County, 4 mi N of Ojai
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.358, -119.126 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Los Angeles
- When
- February 20, 8:15 PM PST
- Where
- Los Angeles County, 6 mi N of Glendora
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.198, -118.261 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Waterspout, Santa Barbara
- When
- February 21, 7:30 AM PST
- Where
- Santa Barbara County, 1 mi S of Santa Barbara Arpt
- Reported by
- AIRPLANE PILOT
- Coordinates
- 34.538, -120.031 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Santa Barbara
- When
- February 21, 7:30 AM PST
- Where
- Santa Barbara County, Goleta
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.538, -120.031 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
- Waterspout
- A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flood in Ohio, February 20 to 22, 2000
- High Wind in California, February 20, 2000
- Flood in Ohio, February 20 to 23, 2000
- Blizzard and High Wind in California, February 20 to 21, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 20 to 21, 2000
- Winter Storm in California, February 20 to 21, 2000
- Blizzard and Extreme Cold in Alaska, February 20 to 26, 2000
- High Surf in California, February 20 to 22, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 20 to 21, 2000
- Flood in Kentucky, February 20 to 23, 2000
More
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5131514, 5131515, 5131516, 5131521, 5131522, 5131523, 5131519, 5131520, 5131517, 5131518.