1 funnel cloud, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 funnel cloud, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A funnel cloud developed 10 miles west of Red Bluff. It dissipated after 2-3 minutes.
Thunderstorms moving across the area produced locally heavy rain. One hour rainfall amounts included 1.13 inches reported south of Elk Grove, 0.79 inches in Florin, and 0.68 inches in Sacramento.
Thunderstorms moving across the area produced locally heavy rain and small hail. This resulted in urban flooding in Modesto (Stanislaus Co.), power outages to 2500 homes, several minor traffic accidents, and damage to early varieties of cherry, grape, and strawberry crops.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, May 2000
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: 5151293, 5151295, 5151294.