1 funnel cloud, 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 May 6, 8:00 AM PST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 900 AM PDT FRI MAY 6 2005 .SYNOPSIS...UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVING EAST TODAY WITH DECREASING SHOWERS. HIGHER PRESSURE ALOFT MOVES OVER DURING THE WEEKEND WITH SOME MAINLY HIGH CLOUDS MOVING OVER. A WEAK SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH MONDAY WITH A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS. THE TROUGH WILL DEEPEN TO THE EAST...KEEPING A TROUGH OVER THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT SLOWLY INCREASES OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY. A RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE STATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. SHOWERS WILL BE DECREASING THROUGH THE DAY AS THE TROUGH EXITS TO THE EAST. THE TROUGH SAGS A BIT AS A VORT MAX MOVES THROUGH THIS MORNING KEEPING SHOWERS AROUND. NEGATIVE VORT ADVECTION MOVES OVER THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD MOSTLY END THE SHOWERS. COULD BE SOME LINGERING SHOWERS INTO THIS EVENING AND WILL DETERMINE WHETHER TO KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE BY NOON. TROUGH CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH EARLY SAT MORNING...THEN HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT SLOWLY INCREASES OVER SOCAL WITH A WEAK RIDGE OVER THE AREA SUNDAY. A TROUGH DIGS INTO SOCAL MON BUT UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL BE WELL TO THE NORTH AND MAY GET TAIL END OF SYSTEM FOR SOME SHOWERS. THE SYSTEM MOVES OVER MON EVENING WITH SOME ISLAND EFFECT SHOWERS POSSIBLE THROUGH MON NIGHT. TROUGH DIGS TO THE EAST TUE. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT GRADUALLY MOVES OVER ON WED AS THE TROUGH MOVES EAST. RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE STATE THU AND INTO FRI. LOCALLY BREEZY IN THE DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS TODAY. WINDS INCREASE MON FOR BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT...SEE LAXMWSSGX. HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...SEE LAXHWOSGX. && WHITLOW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 600 AM PDT FRI MAY 6 2005 CAZ042-043-048-050-055-056-057-058-060-061-062-071300- 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 PDT FRI MAY 6 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. ISOLATED HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND WATERSPOUTS POSSIBLE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH 8 AM...SEELAXMWSSGX. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONG RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...SEE LAXSRFSGX. LOCALLY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS MONDAY AND TUESDAY ASSOCIATED WITH A LARGE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. .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. JAD
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
500 AM PDT FRI MAY 06 2005
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0457 AM FLOOD TUSTIN 33.73N 117.81W
05/06/2005 ORANGE CA LAW ENFORCEMENT
VEHICLES STALLED IN 3 FT OF WATER NEAR SR91 AND N TUSTIN
AVE.
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ECCThe Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:32 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained spotter shot video of a funnel cloud passing over the Tustin Ranch area. The funnel cloud never made it more than half way to the ground.
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, May 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: 5452921.