California, 2000

Flood in California, January 23 to 24, 2000

January 23 to 24, 2000 · NWS STO · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A small tributary associated with Dry Creek left its banks and closed the intersection of Watt Avenue and PFE Road at the Sacramento-Placer County Line.

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 STO wrote it up.

A small tributary associated with Dry Creek left its banks and closed the intersection of Watt Avenue and PFE Road at the Sacramento-Placer County Line.

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Yolo T W/Ne Solano/Sacramento T X Sw/X W Placer/X W Amador/S Sutter

When
January 23, 1:00 PM PST to January 24, 11:00 PM PST
Where
Yolo T W/Ne Solano/Sacramento T X Sw/X W Placer/X W Amador/S Sutter forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER

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

More

Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 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: 5131106.