California, 2000

Flash Flood in California, January 24 to 25, 2000

January 24 to 25, 2000 · NWS MTR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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.

The radar

The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 18 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:08 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Santa Cruz

When
January 24, 8:10 PM PST to January 25, 4:00 AM PST
Where
Santa Cruz County, Rio Del Mar
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
37.022, -122.010 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash flooding occurred along the flats at Rio Del Mar and at the Soquel river near Soquel in Santa Cruz County. W idspread stret flooding and some mudslides were reported including one that closed a highway. This was the first major rain in nearly four months so the ground was quite dry.The first major rain of 2000 fell over the area during the 72 hours from 4 am 1/23 to 4 am 1/25 the following heavy rainfall accumulations: Livermore 2.42 In the Santa Cruz Montains In Santa Lucia MountainsSan Rafeal 4.25 Mcqueens Ridge 12.44 Anderson Peak 12.96Oakland mueseum 5.37 Ben Lomand 10.90 Mining Ridge 12.92Redwood City 3.48 Lexington Res. 9.14 Chews ridge 9.14san Francisco (Arpt) 3.15San Francisco (Dwntwn) 4.08

What these are

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.

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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: 5132138.