1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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, 2:30 PM PST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 230 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. 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...SCT SHOWERS TODAY...MAINLY W OF THE MOUNTAINS. THE 12Z NKX SOUNDING WAS MODERATELY MOIST AND A LITTLE UNSTABLE WITH SW TO W WINDS ALOFT. WEAK GRADIENTS. A SHORT WAVE ROTATING AROUND AN UPPER LOW OFF THE COAST WILL MOVE THROUGH TONIGHT BRINGING SHOWERS...HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MON MORNING. SHOWERS AHEAD OF THE MAIN FRONTAL BAND SHOULD REMAIN SCT AND GENERALLY LIGHT TO MODERATE THROUGH THIS EVENING. MORE WIDESPREAD HEAVY SHOWERS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE MON MORNING. THE MAIN UPPER LOW FINALLY MOVES THROUGH LATE TUE AND WED. THE SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE BUT TAPER OFF MON AFTERNOON THROUGH WED. THE COLD AIR ALOFT COULD PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL START AROUND 6000 FT BUT WILL LOWER TO BETWEEN 4000-5000 FT TUE. GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SHORT WAVE TONIGHT INTO MON...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS MON MORNING. THE CURRENT FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS/WATCHES LOOK OK. .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 THROUGH TUESDAY...SEE LAXWSWSGX. 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. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND MONDAY...SEE LAXCWFSGX. FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK...SEE LAXESFSGX. SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SEE LAXSPSSGX. && ATKIN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 330 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- 330 PM PST SUN FEB 20 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. 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 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. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH...SEE LAXNPWSGX FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...SEE LAXFFASGX. MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS...SEE LAXMWSSGX. FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK...SEE LAXESFSGX. SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SEE LAXSPSSGX. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND MONDAY...SEE LAXCWFSGX. LOCAL DENSE FOG IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH VISIBILITY BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. .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 WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING...SEE LAXFFASGX. MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS...SEE LAXMWSSGX. FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK...SEE LAXESFSGX. SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SEE LAXSPSSGX. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND MONDAY...A GALE WARNING IS EXPECTED BY MONDAY...SEE LAXCWFSGX. STRONG RIP CURRENTS...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 San Diego radar (KNKX), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:03 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A funnel cloud was spotted in Palm Springs around Indian Avenue and Gene Autry Trail. The funnel cloud was also seen from Interstate 10 and some motorists stopped to take pictures.
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: 5441695.