1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 21, 5:00 AM PST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 500 AM PST MON FEB 21 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. STRONG COLD FRONT NOW COMING ASHORE. STRONG 15 MB SE TO NW PRES GRAD TO THE 990 MB LOW WEST OF MONTEREY RESULTING IN GUSTY SE WINDS AS THE FRONT COMES THROUGH. RAINFALL RATES WERE UNDER 1/4 INCH PER HOUR...BUT NOW HAVE INCREASED TO 1/2 INCH PER HOUR...MAINLY OVER THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS. EXPECT HEAVY RAIN TO SPREAD INLAND AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES. SMALL JET MAX HELPING TO ENHANCE THE RAIN RATES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...BUT THEN IT MOVES ON. MODELS SHOW NEG LI FOR THIS PM...SO CHANCE OF TSTRMS LOOKS GOOD. 554 UPPER LOW OVER US THROUGH WED FOR PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND TSTRMS EACH DAY. COOL 558 CYCLONIC FLOW THU-SAT FOR COOL PARTLY CLOUDY WEATHER WITH A POSSIBLE DEEP EDDY. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD ADVISORY FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR MUCH OF THE AREA... SEE LAXFLSSGX. FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA FROM UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING... SEE LAXFFASGX. WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS FOR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS... WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT TO WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SEE LAXWSWSGX. WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM FOR ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS- SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SEE LAXNPWSGX. HIGH SURF ADVISORY HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SEE LAXSRFSGX. POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND WATERSPOUTS IN THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... SEE LAXMWSSGX. GALE WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY FOR COASTAL WATERS. SEE LAXCWFSGX. && MACKECHNIE
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 Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:27 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A flash flood tore through the Tri-Palms Estates in Thousand Palms and left a great deal of debris behind. Residents could hear boulders tumbling along in the torrent as the water rushed along San Miguelito Drive and Ramon Road. One man had to be rescued from his vehicle after it stalled in the flood waters.
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: 5441694.