Flood, S Solano/S Napa/X Sw Sacramento/Nw San Joaquin
- When
- January 23, 1:00 PM PST to January 24, 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- S Solano/S Napa/X Sw Sacramento/Nw San Joaquin forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Flood in California, January 23 to 24, 2000
Steady rains combined with unusually high tides caused Benicia sewer lines to overflow. Flooding closed sections of the downtown waterfront including Southampton Road, McKay Way and the 600 and 800 blocks of West I Street.
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.
Steady rains combined with unusually high tides caused Benicia sewer lines to overflow. Flooding closed sections of the downtown waterfront including Southampton Road, McKay Way and the 600 and 800 blocks of West I Street.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Winter Storm in Kansas, January 23, 2000
- Hail in Louisiana, January 23, 2000
- Flood in California, January 23 to 24, 2000
- Flood in California, January 23 to 24, 2000
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 23, 2000
- Freezing Fog in New Jersey, January 23 to 24, 2000
- Ice Storm in Georgia, January 23, 2000
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 23 to 24, 2000
- Winter Weather in Missouri, January 23, 2000
- Winter Storm in Kansas, January 23, 2000
- Freezing Fog in Delaware, January 23 to 24, 2000
- Winter Storm in California, January 23 to 25, 2000
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: 5131453.