Flood, Riverside
- When
- October 30, 1:12 PM PST to 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- Riverside County, San Jacinto
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.744, -115.994 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in California, October 30, 2000
5 inches of rain, causing low lying intersections in Hemet to flood. The thunderstorm then moved east into the San Jacinto Mountains and dropped snow for about a half an hour, giving that area the first snowfall of the season.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $25,000
- 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.
A thunderstorm dropped pea sized hail and about 2.5 inches of rain, causing low lying intersections in Hemet to flood. The thunderstorm then moved east into the San Jacinto Mountains and dropped snow for about a half an hour, giving that area the first snowfall of the season.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Strong Wind in Maine, October 30 to 31, 2000
- Winter Storm in Colorado, October 30 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Utah, October 30 to 31, 2000
- Cold in Massachusetts, October 30, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, October 30, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, October 30, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, October 30, 2000
- Flood in Hawaii, October 30, 2000
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, October 30, 2000
- Flood in Oklahoma, October 30 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, October 30 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, October 30 to 31, 2000
More
Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5161396.