California, 2004

Flash Flood in California, June 27, 2004

June 27, 2004 · NWS MFR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Wind
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  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
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  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 27, 12:47 PM PST, 5 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 12:47 PM PST, 5 hours 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
147 PM PDT SUN JUN 27 2004

.DISCUSSION...MODELS CONTINUE TO BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT...UNTIL
TUESDAY THAT IS. MOISTURE INFLUX INTO THE REGION INCREASES OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS SOUTHERLY FLOW INCREASES. ERODING MARINE LAYER
KEEPS CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OUT OF OREGONS WEST SIDE TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW. THE GFS APPEARS TO HAVE A CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK PROBLEM ON
TUESDAY AND DEVELOPS A CUTOFF LOW AT H7 THAT IT BRINGS INTO SW
OREGON WITH A QPF BULLS EYE OF OVER A HALF AN INCH PER 6 HRS MOVING
UP THE OREGON COAST INTO WEDNESDAY AND SKEWING THE MODEL RUN INTO
WEDNESDAY. HAVE INSTEAD GONE WITH THE MORE CONSISTENT ETA AND THE
ETA EXTENSION INTO WEDNESDAY. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY SHOW STRONG
NEGATIVE LIS THAT EXTEND INTO THE WEST SIDE WITH SOUTHERLY
STEERING WINDS. BEST AREAS OF CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE OVER
THE SISKIYOUS...THE MOUNT SHASTA REGION...CASCADES AND THE EAST SIDE
WITH STEERING WINDS POSSIBLY CARRYING STORMS OVER THE ROGUE VALLEY
AND INTO THE WESTERN CASCADES FOOTHILLS. GFS AND ECMWF ARE IN FAIR
AGREEMENT BRINGING CUTOFF H5 LOW INTO CENTRAL CA INTO THE WEEKEND
AND DEVELOPING WEAK REX BLOCK INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...RESULTING IN A
RETURN OF A WARMING AND DRYING TREND.

&&

.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM FLORENCE TO THE OR/CA BORDER.
CA...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM THE OR/CA BORDER TO PT ST GEORGE.

&&

SVEN

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 174 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:30 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Modoc

When
June 27, 6:30 PM PST to 7:30 PM PST
Where
Modoc County, 5 mi N of Eagleville
Reported by
DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Coordinates
41.590, -120.725 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Modoc County Highway Department reported water and debris over Highway 1 at Owl Creek between Eagleville and Cedarville.

What these are

Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5413221.