1 lightning, 1 flash flood, 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 Jul 22, 8:00 AM PST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 900 AM PDT FRI JUL 22 2005 .SYNOPSIS...A MONSOONAL AIR MASS WILL BRING HUMID WEATHER INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES. FOR THE LATTER HALF OF NEXT WEEK...A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MAY DEVELOP OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST BRINGING DRYING AND MINOR COOLING. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES... MARINE LAYER CONTINUES TO BE VERY SHALLOW AND CONFINED MAINLY TO THE COASTAL WATERS ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A PATCH OF FOG ON THE COAST FROM NEAR LA JOLLA TO SOUTH OF CARLSBAD. EXPECT LITTLE CHANGE IN THE MARINE LAYER DEPTH THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER NORTHWEST MEXICO OVERNIGHT WAS PUSHING ANOTHER SURGE OF MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA INTO THE SOUTHERN DESERTS THIS MORNING. DEW POINT WAS UP TO NEAR 70 DEGREES AT THE THERMAL AIRPORT AS OF 8 AM PDT. ADDITIONALLY...MOISTURE OVER THE EASTERN DESERTS WAS PUSHING WESTWARD AND SHOULD REACH THE LOCAL AREA MOUNTAINS LATER THIS MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. THE AIR MASS REMAINS UNSTABLE SO WILL CONTINUE THE IDEA OF A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERT AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH VALID FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR THOSE AREAS. MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THE EASTERLY WAVE ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT ONCE EMILY WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WAVE SHOULD INCREASE ON SATURDAY WITH THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING MORE WIDE SPREAD SATURDAY AFTERNOON. CLOUDS ON SUNDAY COULD BE THICK ENOUGH TO LIMIT HEATING WHICH MAY RESULT IN MORE GENERALIZED SHOWERS BUT THERE STILL IS THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH THIS MOISTURE ON SUNDAY. SOME OF THIS MOISTURE SHOULD REACH THE WESTERN VALLEY AND COASTAL AREAS ON SUNDAY. MOISTURE SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE ON MONDAY ALLOWING ADDITIONAL HEATING SO EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS INDICATE A WEAK TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP ALONG THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST DURING THE LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK WHICH SHOULD BRING SOME COOLING ALONG WITH SOME DRYING TO THE AREA DURING THE PERIOD. NO ADDITIONAL UPDATES ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. && VERY SHALLOW...BELOW FL003...AND PATCHY COASTAL STRATUS BETWEEN CARLSBAD AND ENSENADA SHOULD BURN OFF BY 1600 UTC. ENOUGH MOISTURE AND HEATING IN PLACE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AGAIN TODAY. CUMULUS BASES NEAR FL120 SHOULD START BUILDING AFTER 1800 UTC WITH SCATTTERED CUMULONIMBUS BY 2100 UTC THROUGH 0300 UTC WITH TOPS TO FL410. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR MONSOONAL THUNDERSTORMS...SEE LAXHWOSGX. FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM TODAY...SEE LAXFFASGX. && PUBLIC...HORTON AVIATION...BALFOUR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 645 AM PDT FRI JUL 22 2005 CAZ056-058-222300- RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 400 AM PDT FRI JUL 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS IN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. MODERATE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL RATING. THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 12 NOON UNTIL 8 PM TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. FOR SATURDAY...HIGH FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL RATING. THUNDERSTORMS WITH AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE...AND THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING COULD BE SIGNIFICANT. FOR SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LOCAL FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. CAZ055-060-061-062-222300- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 645 AM PDT FRI JUL 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS COACHELLA VALLEY SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS IN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. MODERATE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL RATING. THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 12 NOON UNTIL 8 PM TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. FOR SATURDAY...MODERATE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL RATING. THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE. FOR SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LOCAL FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. CAZ048-050-222300- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS- 400 AM PDT FRI JUL 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS IN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. FOR SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LOCAL FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA... HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. CAZ042-043-057-222300- ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS- 400 AM PDT FRI JUL 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS IN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. FOR SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA... HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NOTE...THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NOW INCORPORATES THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL INDEX THAT WAS ISSUED SEPARATELY IN PREVIOUS YEARS. THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL INDEX WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IF IT EXCEEDS THE LOW CATEGORY IN THE FIRST TWO DAYS. THIS PRODUCT WILL BE UPDATED DAILY AT 4 AM AND 4 PM OR AS NEEDED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30. MARTIN/HORTON
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
926 AM PDT FRI JUL 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0902 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 W MOUNT LAGUNA 32.87N 116.50W
07/21/2005 0.00 INCH SAN DIEGO CA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SR 79 BETWEEN MM 4 AND MM5, UNABLE TO ACCESS, ALL THE
ROADS ARE WASHED OUT.
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BDOYLEThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning sparked a 30-acre brush fire east of Manzanita Flats in Bear Creek. About 200 firefighters, four air tankers, five helicopters, and 13 fire engines were used to fight the fire.
Flash flooding and pea size hail from a thunderstorm was reported along highway 18 near eagle point.
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, July 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: 5460701, 5460700.