Flash Flood, San Bernardino
- When
- January 9, 9:00 PM PST to 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- San Bernardino County, Yucaipa
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.033, -117.033
Flash Flooding in California, January 9, 2005
Some businesses and other structures were flooded by rapid runoff.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $55,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Some businesses and other structures were flooded by rapid runoff.
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 9, 2:30 PM PST, 6 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 2:30 PM PST, 6 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 230 PM PST SUN JAN 9 2005 .SYNOPSIS...STRONG MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL BRING PERIODS OF RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND SNOW IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS...THROUGH TUESDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING LOWERING SNOW LEVELS TUESDAY MORNING ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH DESERTS. FAIR AND WARMER WEATHER DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE DEVELOPS. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. .SHORT TERM...SHOWERS CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS TODAY...HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN THE NW PART OF THE AREA. THE 12Z NKX SOUNDING WAS MET AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE. WEAK ONSHORE GRADIENTS. MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES INTO SW CA. WEAK SHORTWAVES WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SOME ENHANCEMENT TO THE PRECIPITATION AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT WITH THE HEAVIEST AND MOST WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS REMAINING IN THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL AND SATURATED CONDITIONS...MODERATE RAINFALL COULD BE SUFFICIENT TO BRING ADDITIONAL FLOODING. THE UPPER LOW CENTERED TO THE N WILL FINALLY KICK INLAND TUESDAY. THIS WILL BRING MORE WIDESPREAD HEAVY PRECIP AND LOWER SNOW LEVELS. COULD GET ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS 1 TO 3 INCHES WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS AND NEAR 6 INCHES ON THE W FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES...WITH GENERALLY LARGER AMOUNTS N AND LESS TO THE S. THERE WILL ALSO BE STRONGER GUSTY WINDS IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS AND UPPER DESERTS. CURRENT WARNINGS... WATCHES...ADVISORIES AND STATEMENTS LOOK OK. DRIER N FLOW WILL DEVELOP WED. BUILDING HI ALOFT AND WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRING FAIR WEATHER WITH A WARMER DAY THU. .LONG TERM...HI ALOFT NEAR THE W COAST AND WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW CONTINUES. A WEAK UPPER LOW UNDERCUTS THE HI TOWARD EARLY NEXT WEEK WHICH SHOULD BRING MORE HI CLOUDS AND A LITTLE COOLER DAYS. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY...SEE LAXWSWSGX. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS 9 AM TUESDAY UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY...SEE LAXWSWSGX. WIND ADVISORY IN THE APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS AND IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN BELOW THE SNOW LEVEL UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY...SEE LAXNPWSGX. FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SAN DIEGO INTO TONIGHT AND SAN LUIS REY RIVERS INTO TUESDAY...SEE LAXFLWSGX. FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY FOR ALL AREAS...SEE LAXFFASGX. MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT FOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...SEE LAXMWSSGX. HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...SEE LAXHWOSGX. && ATKIN
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 9, 10:00 AM PST, 11 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1000 AM PST SUN JAN 9 2005 CAZ042-043-048-050-055-056-057-058-060-061-062-101400- 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- 1000 AM PST SUN JAN 9 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. STRONG MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL BRING PERIODS OF RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND SNOW IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS INTO TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD FLOODING AND MUD SLIDES. LOCAL STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AT TIMES TODAY. 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 OCCURRING... .DAY ONE... TONIGHT. WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH 9 AM TUESDAY FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS...SEE LAXWSWSGX. FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL AREAS UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON... SEE LAXFFASGX. RIVER STATEMENT FOR THE SAN DIEGO RIVER...SEE LAXRVSSGX. FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SAN DIEGO RIVER...SEE LAXFLWSGX. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE COASTAL WATERS...SEE LAXCWFSGX. MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT...SEE LAXMWSSGX. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.... WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH 9 AM TUESDAY 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. FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. SKYWARN ACTIVATION STATEMENT...WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED. MACKECHNIE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 9, 3:22 PM PST, 5 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
322 PM PST SUN JAN 09 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0943 AM FLASH FLOOD BIG BEAR CITY 34.27N 116.85W
01/09/2005 SAN BERNARDINO CA LAW ENFORCEMENT
MUD,ROCK SLIDE ON SR18 JWO BIG BEAR DAM
1006 AM FLASH FLOOD VALLEY CENTER 33.22N 117.01W
01/09/2005 SAN DIEGO CA TRAINED SPOTTER
ON OLD CASTLE RD MILE 7.5 DEBRIS ON ROAD.
1006 AM FLOOD ESCONDIDO 33.14N 117.07W
01/09/2005 SAN DIEGO CA TRAINED SPOTTER
NR RANCHO SANTA FE AT THE INTERSECTION OF DEL DIOS AND
LAKE HODGES RD-ROADWAY COVERED WITH SMALL ROCKS
1018 AM FLOOD SEAL BEACH 33.76N 118.08W
01/09/2005 ORANGE CA TRAINED SPOTTER
FLOODED STREETS.
1024 AM FLOOD FULLERTON 33.88N 117.93W
01/09/2005 ORANGE CA TRAINED SPOTTER
VERY HEAVY DOWNPOUR CAUSING STREET FLOODING ON SAN CARLOS
DR.
1043 AM FLOOD BIG BEAR CITY 34.27N 116.85W
01/09/2005 SAN BERNARDINO CA TRAINED SPOTTER
SMALL STREAM/CREEKS ARE FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAIN AND
SNOW MELTING.
1043 AM FLOOD TEMECULA 33.50N 117.13W
01/09/2005 RIVERSIDE CA LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROADWAY FLOODED AT PALA TEMECULA RD.
1043 AM FLASH FLOOD RAMONA 33.04N 116.87W
01/09/2005 SAN DIEGO CA LAW ENFORCEMENT
MUD,ROCK SLIDES AT SR78 AND HAVERFORD RD NR RAMONA
1044 AM FLOOD LAKE ARROWHEAD 34.26N 117.19W
01/09/2005 SAN BERNARDINO CA LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROADWAY FLOODING ON SR138 AT BYRON RD
1135 AM FLOOD OCEANSIDE 33.20N 117.38W
01/09/2005 SAN DIEGO CA LAW ENFORCEMENT
MUD,ROCKSLIDE ON SR76 MM22 NR OCEANSIDE
1137 AM FLOOD NORCO 33.93N 117.55W
01/09/2005 RIVERSIDE CA LAW ENFORCEMENT
I15 FLOODED AT THE SANTA ANA RIVER BRIDGE IN NORCO.
1152 AM FLASH FLOOD LAKE ARROWHEAD 34.26N 117.19W
01/09/2005 SAN BERNARDINO CA LAW ENFORCEMENT
MUD,ROCK SLIDE ON SR18 JSO PANORAMA PT.
1152 AM FLOOD FONTANA 34.10N 117.46W
01/09/2005 SAN BERNARDINO CA LAW ENFORCEMENT
COMPLETELY FLOODED ROADWAY AT SIERRA AV AND ARMSTRONG RD
1213 PM FLOOD BIG BEAR CITY 34.27N 116.85W
01/09/2005 SAN BERNARDINO CA TRAINED SPOTTER
MAJOR FLOODING DUE TO RAIN AND MELTING SNOW.
&&
NISLALocal storm report, Jan 9, 6:02 PM PST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
602 PM PST SUN JAN 09 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0511 PM TORNADO 1 S HEMET 33.72N 117.00W
01/09/2005 F0 RIVERSIDE CA EMERGENCY MNGR
A SMALL TORNADO SOUTH OF HEMET IN THE DIAMOND VALLEY AREA
PICKED UP A METAL STORAGE SHED AND TOSSED IT ONTO A POWER
POLE.
&&
SCVLocal storm report, Jan 9, 6:26 PM PST, 2 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
626 PM PST SUN JAN 09 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0448 PM FLASH FLOOD SAN CLEMENTE 33.45N 117.61W
01/09/2005 ORANGE CA TRAINED SPOTTER
WIDESPREAD FLOODING REPORTED ON THE STREETS.
0504 PM FLASH FLOOD VICTORVILLE 34.52N 117.33W
01/09/2005 SAN BERNARDINO CA TRAINED SPOTTER
WIDESPREAD FLOODING TO STREETS AND WASHES IN VICTORVILLE
AND HESPERIA.
0510 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 NW RIALTO 34.16N 117.45W
01/09/2005 18.07 INCH SAN BERNARDINO CA MESONET
THE 48 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL AS MEASURED BY THE LYTLE CREEK
RAWS IS 18.07 INCHES.
0558 PM FLASH FLOOD TEMECULA 33.50N 117.13W
01/09/2005 RIVERSIDE CA TRAINED SPOTTER
HIGHWAY 79 SOUTH IN TEMECULA IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
WIDESPREAD CREEK AND STREET FLOODING REPORTED. 2 HOMES
ARE DAMAGED.
0610 PM HEAVY RAIN DEVORE 34.22N 117.40W
01/09/2005 10.99 INCH SAN BERNARDINO CA MESONET
THE 48 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL AS MEASURED BY THE DEVORE RAWS
IS 10.99 INCHES.
0611 PM HEAVY RAIN SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO 33.50N 117.65W
01/09/2005 0.00 INCH ORANGE CA TRAINED SPOTTER
HEAVY RAIN HAS FILLED THE SAN JUAN RIVERBED WITH RUNOFF.
ROCK AND MUDSLIDES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTHWEST ORANGE
COUNTY.
&&
SCVLocal storm report, Jan 9, 6:40 PM PST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
640 PM PST SUN JAN 09 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 PM HEAVY RAIN BIG BEAR LAKE 34.24N 116.89W
01/09/2005 0.00 INCH SAN BERNARDINO CA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
HEAVY RAINS HAVE LOOSENED THE SOIL CAUSING TREES AND
ROCKS TO COME DOWN ACROSS HWY 18 JUST EAST OF THE DAM.
0532 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 S LOMA LINDA 34.02N 117.25W
01/09/2005 RIVERSIDE CA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
A ROCK AND MUDSLIDE BLOCKED RECHE CANYON ROAD. 8 VEHICLES
BECAME STUCK IN THE MUD.
0606 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 E CRESTLINE 34.25N 117.28W
01/09/2005 SAN BERNARDINO CA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
MUDSLIDE ACROSS DART CANYON ROAD AT EDELWEISS DRIVE.
0627 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 NE BIG BEAR CITY 34.29N 116.82W
01/09/2005 SAN BERNARDINO CA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
MULTIPLE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES HAVE SHUT DOWN HWY 18 IN THE
VICINITY OF BALDWIN LAKE.
&&
SCVLocal storm report, Jan 9, 7:10 PM PST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
710 PM PST SUN JAN 09 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0529 PM FLASH FLOOD IRVINE 33.66N 117.80W
01/09/2005 ORANGE CA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
LAGUNA CANYON RD IS SHUT DOWN DUE TO FLOODING.
0553 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 NE ESCONDIDO 33.17N 117.03W
01/09/2005 SAN DIEGO CA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
8 INCHES OF MUD ON LAKE WOHLFORD RD.
0600 PM FLASH FLOOD 10 NE BONSALL 33.38N 117.10W
01/09/2005 SAN DIEGO CA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
ROAD BLOCKED BY FLOODING AND ROCK SLIDE AT HWY 76 AND
RICE CANYON RD.
0600 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 ESE LAKE ELSINORE 33.64N 117.24W
01/09/2005 RIVERSIDE CA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
BUNDY CANYON RD WASHED OUT.
0617 PM AVALANCHE TRABUCO HIGHLANDS 33.61N 117.57W
01/09/2005 ORANGE CA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
ALL LANES FLOODED ON TRABUCO CANYON RD AT TRABUCO CANYON
CREEK.
0619 PM FLASH FLOOD 10 E LAGUNA NIGUEL 33.53N 117.53W
01/09/2005 ORANGE CA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
ORTEGO HWY IS FLOODED.
0621 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 NW MURRIETA 33.61N 117.27W
01/09/2005 RIVERSIDE CA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
LEON ROAD IS COMPLETELY FLOODED.
0622 PM FLASH FLOOD ONTARIO 34.05N 117.61W
01/09/2005 SAN BERNARDINO CA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
FLOODING HAS FORCED THE CLOSURE OF THE MILLIKEN AVE
OFFRAMP ON I10.
0623 PM FLASH FLOOD TEMECULA 33.50N 117.13W
01/09/2005 RIVERSIDE CA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
WIDESPREAD FLOODING REPORTED ON THE PECHANGA PKWY SOUTH
OF THE PECHANGA CASINO.
&&
SCVLocal storm report, Jan 9, 8:32 PM PST, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
832 PM PST SUN JAN 09 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0810 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 NW RIALTO 34.16N 117.45W
01/09/2005 23.13 INCH SAN BERNARDINO CA MESONET
LYTLE CREEK RAWS HAS RECORDED 23.13 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE
520 AM JANUARY 7.
0810 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 N LAKE ARROWHEAD 34.29N 117.19W
01/09/2005 13.54 INCH SAN BERNARDINO CA MESONET
ROCK CAMP RAWS RECORDED 13.54 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 500 AM
JANUARY 7.
0810 PM HEAVY RAIN DEVORE 34.22N 117.40W
01/09/2005 12.76 INCH SAN BERNARDINO CA MESONET
DEVORE RAWS HAS RECORDED 12.76 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 510
AM JANUARY 7.
&&
SCVThe radar
The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:58 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Riverside
- When
- January 9, 9:00 PM PST to 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- Riverside County, Calimesa
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -117.050
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: 5436795, 5436796.