1 debris flow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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 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 San Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 20, 8:30 PM PST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 830 PM PST SUN FEB 20 2005 .SYNOPSIS...UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING PERIODS OF RAIN...WITH SNOW AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND SOME FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THERE WILL ALSO BE OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS AND STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS . DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED LATER THIS WEEK UNDER WEAK HIGH PRESSURE. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. .SHORT TERM...IR AND WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOW CLASSIC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAIN EVENT SHAPING UP WITH IMPRESSIVE COMMA CLOUD CENTERED ABOUT 200 MILES W OF PT CONCEPTION. THE NORTHERN SYSTEM NOW APPEARS TO BE MERGING WITH THE SOUTHERN UPPER LOW WITH COLD AIR CU WRAPPING AROUND THE SW SIDE. ENHANCED CLOUD TAIL EXTENDS FROM NEAR PT CONCEPTION...SW TO NEAR 30N/122W. SATELLITE PW ESTIMATES SHOW OVER ONE INCH APPROACHING THE COAST WITH RAINFALL RATES OF FROM .2 TO .4 INCH PER HOUR ACCORDING TO THE SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH. WENT AHEAD AND ISSUED A FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE UPPER DESERT AREAS. BASED ON SATELLITE AND RADAR ENHANCEMENT...AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER 1/2 INCH IN SOME AREAS. APPARENT WARM FRONT HAS LIFTED N OF THE AREA AS THE TAIL OF MAIN ENHANCEMENT MOVES THROUGH LA COUNTY AND INTO NW PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL RATES SHOULD GET QUICKLY REINSTATED ACROSS THIS AREA. A PLETHORA OF WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT AS THIS SYSTEM PLOWS INTO THE COAST LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. STILL SOMEWHAT SURPRISED TO SEE THE MODELS DO NOT STRENGTHEN THE SURFACE LOW DESPITE THE COLD AIR WRAPPING IN...AND THE MERGING UPPER CENTERS. IN ANY CASE...STRONG S FLOW IS INDICATED IN ADVANCE OF THE LEAD WINDSHIFT LINE BY EARLY MON MORNING. STRONG UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION IS EXPECTED BY MORNING AS ALL OF SW CALIFORNIA COMES UNDER THE FAVORABLE LEFT FRONT QUADRANT OF A 90 KT JET MAX ALOFT. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FOR A FEW HOURS AROUND 6 AM MON MORNING...TAPERING TO SHOWERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. THE UPPER LOW THEN DRIFTS SLOWLY SE THROUGH WED SENDING DISTURBANCES IN MOIST WESTERLY FLOW OVER SW CA. THE THREAT FOR THUNDER SHOULD BE INCREASING AS COLDER AIR ALOFT AND DYNAMICS MOVE OVER THE AREA. ANOTHER STRONG SURGE WITH JET SUPPORT IS INDICATED FOR TUE NIGHT. IF IT IS REAL...SOUTHERN AREAS INCLUDING SAN DIEGO COUNTY WOULD BEAR THE BRUNT OF THE WEATHER INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. A LARGE EDDY-LIKE CIRCULATION DEVELOPS WEDNESDAY OFF THE COAST AND PROMISES TO KEEP SHOWERS GOING IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY MUCH OF THE DAY. .LONG TERM...WEAK RIDGING NEAR THE W COAST AND DRIER NW FLOW ALOFT SHOULD BRING DRY WEATHER THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. HEIGHTS REMAIN RELATIVELY LOW SO NO BIG WARM UP IS EXPECTED. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS...AND A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...SEE LAXWSWSGX. FLOOD ADVISORY FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM FOR SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS... INCLUDING THE INLAND EMPIRE...THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS...SEE LAXFLSSGX. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM TUESDAY FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY COAST...SAN DIEGO VALLEYS...AND THE INLAND EMPIRE. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH...SEE LAXNPWSGX. FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING IN ALL AREAS FROM EARLY MONDAY MORNING TO TUESDAY EVENING...SEE LAXFFASGX. MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS...SEE LAXMWSSGX. GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND MONDAY...SEE LAXCWFSGX. STRONG RIP CURRENT POTENTIAL...SEE LAXSRFSGX. && JAD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 648 PM PST SUN FEB 20 2005 CAZ042-043-048-050-055-056-057-058-060-061-062-211400- ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 648 PM PST SUN FEB 20 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. A STRONG STORM WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT AND BRING HEAVY RAIN... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. LOCAL PONDING OF WATER AND ROCK AND MUD SLIDES ARE POSSIBLE IN STEEP TERRAIN. WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS...AND A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...SEE LAXWSWSGX. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM TUESDAY FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY COAST...SAN DIEGO VALLEYS...AND THE INLAND EMPIRE. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH...SEE LAXNPWSGX FLOOD ADVISORY FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM FOR SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS... INCLUDING THE INLAND EMPIRE...THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS...SEE LAXFLSSGX. FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...SEE LAXFFASGX. MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS...SEE LAXMWSSGX. GALE WARNING FOR THE COASTAL WATERS LATE TONIGHT...SEE LAXCWFSGX. LOCAL DENSE FOG IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH VISIBILITY BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED BY 10 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A STRONG STORM WILL ARRIVE EARLY MONDAY AND BRING HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AND MOVE OUT OF THE REGION WEDNESDAY. LOCAL PONDING OF WATER AND ROCK AND MUD SLIDES ARE POSSIBLE IN STEEP TERRAIN. WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS...AND A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...SEE LAXWSWSGX. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM TUESDAY FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY COAST...SAN DIEGO VALLEYS...AND THE INLAND EMPIRE. ON MONDAY...SOUTH WINDS WILL BE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH...DECREASING MONDAY AFTERNOON TO 15 TO 25 MPH...SEE LAXNPWSGX FLOOD ADVISORY FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM FOR SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS... INCLUDING THE INLAND EMPIRE...THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS...SEE LAXFLSSGX. FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING...SEE LAXFFASGX. MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS...SEE LAXMWSSGX. A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS MONDAY...SEE LAXCWFSGX. STRONG RIP CURRENTS MONDAY AND TUESDAY...SEE LAXSRFSGX. LOCAL DENSE FOG IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH VISIBILITY BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED MONDAY. MM/SV/JAD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 debris flow. Local standard time, as filed.
A 16 year-old girl was killed after boulders came crashing through her bedroom at the Shadybrook Country Store in Silverado Canyon. Boulders also crashed through the houses next door and caused considerable damage.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debris Flow, Ne Orange | 2005-02-20 | 16 | Female | Permanent Home | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 2005
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: 5441760.