Heavy Rain in California, January 8, 2005

Name: Heavy Rain in California, January 8, 2005
Start: 2005-01-08T12:00
End: 2005-01-08T12:00
Location: California

January 8, 2005 · NWS SGX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The body of a man was pulled from the swollen Tijuana River in San Diego County. The man may have been swept away when he tried to cross the border illegally.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 1
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 happened

The episode as NWS SGX wrote it up.

The body of a man was pulled from the swollen Tijuana River in San Diego County. The man may have been swept away when he tried to cross the border illegally.

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 San Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 8, 10:00 AM PST, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 10:00 AM PST, 2 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 8, 6:00 AM PST, 6 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
600 AM PST SAT JAN 8 2005

CAZ042-043-048-050-055-056-057-058-060-061-062-091400-
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-
600 AM PST SAT JAN 8 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR
ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.

STRONG MOIST WESTERLY FLOW WILL BRING PERIODS OF RAIN...HEAVY AT
TIMES...AND SNOW IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS INTO TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST
RAIN WILL BE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND AGAIN LATE SUNDAY
INTO MONDAY. THIS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD FLOODING
AND MUD SLIDES. LOCAL STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AT TIMES THROUGH
SUNDAY. HIGH TIDES AND LARGE SURF WILL BRING A THREAT OF COASTAL
FLOODING AND EROSION THIS WEEKEND. DRY WEATHER AND WARMER DAYS ARE
EXPECTED DURING THE SECOND HALF OF NEXT WEEK.

DUE TO THIS WEATHER PATTERN...THE FOLLOWING HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS
ARE OCCURING...

.DAY ONE... TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT.

WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO AND
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS...SEE LAXWSWSGX.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL AREAS UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
SEE LAXFFASGX.

COASTAL FLOOD WARNING AND HIGH SURF ADVISORY INTO SUNDAY MORNING...
SEE LAXCFWSGX.

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING UNTIL 11 AM...
SEE LAXFLSSGX.

RIVER STATEMENT FOR THE SAN DIEGO RIVER...SEE LAXRVSSGX.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE COASTAL WATERS...SEE LAXCWFSGX.

MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT...SEE LAXMWSSGX.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...SEE LAXHWOSGX.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO AND
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS...SEE LAXWSWSGX.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL AREAS UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
SEE LAXFFASGX.

COASTAL FLOOD WARNING AND HIGH SURF ADVISORY INTO SUNDAY MORNING...
SEE LAXCFWSGX.

RIVER STATEMENT FOR THE SAN DIEGO RIVER...SEE LAXRVSSGX.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE COASTAL WATERS...SEE LAXCWFSGX.

MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT...SEE LAXMWSSGX.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...SEE LAXHWOSGX.

SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 8, 6:10 AM PST, 5 hours 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
610 AM PST SAT JAN 08 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 AM     FLASH FLOOD      5 W DEVORE              34.22N 117.49W
01/08/2005                   SAN BERNARDINO     CA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LYTLE CREEK ROAD CLOSED. IMPASSIBLE DUE TO DEBRIS AND
            FLOODING.

&&

LAVIS

Local storm report, Jan 8, 7:56 AM PST, 4 hours 4 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, San Diego

When: January 8, 12:00 PM PST
Where: San Diego County, Imperial Beach
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 33.028, -116.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The people who died

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
Heavy Rain, San Diego	2005-01-08		Male	In Water	Direct

What these are

Heavy Rain: Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in California in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in California, January 2005

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: 5436799.