Heavy Rain, Shasta
- When
- July 4, 6:00 PM PST to 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Shasta County, Cottonwood
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.764, -122.040 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood and Hail in California, July 4, 2000
A line of thunderstorms developed rapidly off the Trinity Mountains and moved across northern Tehama and southern Shasta counties. Many reports were received of widepread large hail and several minor car accidents were reported on I-5 and local highways.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 4
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 line of thunderstorms developed rapidly off the Trinity Mountains and moved across northern Tehama and southern Shasta counties. Many reports were received of widepread large hail and several minor car accidents were reported on I-5 and local highways. Localized street flooding was reported in the town of Cottonwood.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Shasta
- When
- July 4, 6:30 PM PST
- Where
- Shasta County, Cottonwood
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.383, -122.283
Flood, Shasta
- When
- July 4, 6:30 PM PST to 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- Shasta County, Cottonwood
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.764, -122.040 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Tehama
- When
- July 4, 7:20 PM PST
- Where
- Tehama County, Red Bluff
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.183, -122.233
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 4, 2000
- Hurricane in Guam, July 4, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 4, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, July 4, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 4, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Maine, July 4, 2000
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 4, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Indiana, July 4, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 4, 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: 5162496, 5162494, 5162497, 5162495.