Heat, C San Diego
- When
- June 24, 9:00 AM PST to 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- C San Diego forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.028, -116.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in California, June 24, 2000
One of three men traveling on foot through an isolated section of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park was overcome by the excessive heat. His companions placed him in the shade of a tree while they went for help.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- 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 SGX wrote it up.
One of three men traveling on foot through an isolated section of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park was overcome by the excessive heat. His companions placed him in the shade of a tree while they went for help. Temperatures ranged between 110 and 120 degree.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat, C San Diego | 2000-06-24 | 19 | Male | Under Tree | Direct |
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
- Flooding and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 24, 2000
- Heat in Alaska, June 24, 2000
- Heat in Alabama, June 24, 2000
- Flooding in Iowa, June 24 to 27, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 24, 2000
- Flash Flood in Kansas, June 24, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 24, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, June 24, 2000
- Flood in Indiana, June 24, 2000
- Tornado in Illinois, June 24, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 24, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 24, 2000
More
Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, June 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: 5151287.