Heat, X W San Diego
- When
- July 23, 1:00 PM PST to 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- X W San Diego forecast zone
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 33.028, -116.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in California, July 23, 2000
Heat exhaustion was blamed for a young man losing consciousness after running along the beach.
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
- 1
- 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 SGX wrote it up.
Heat exhaustion was blamed for a young man losing consciousness after running along the beach.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Texas, July 23, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, July 23, 2000
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, July 23 to 24, 2000
- Wildfire in Montana, July 23 to 31, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 23, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in South Carolina, July 23, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 23, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, July 23, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Montana, July 23, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 23, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 23, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 23, 2000
More
Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, July 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: 5153897.