San Diego County Coasts storm history

The San Diego River rose above flood stage early in the afternoon on the 21st, crested at 11.46 feet at 5:15 PM that evening, and fell back below flood stage an hour later. The river washed out a low water crossing in the Mission Valley area and caused flooding in the typical tro…

Two street ends at Imperial Beach were briefly flooded from wave runup during high tide. Waves also swept over parking lots in Encinitas.

No planes were able to land as dense fog reduced visibility to one tenth of a mile at Lindbergh Field.

Strong winds pulled two boats off their moorings in San Diego Bay. One of the boats was blown onto the rocks near Shelter Island.

San Diego Lindbergh Field set a record for the most consecutive number of days without measurable rain at 182 days. This beat the old record of 181 days set the previous year. The streak started on April 18, 2004, and ended on October 17, with the onset of the wettest October eve…

A 27 foot boat was broadsided by a 7 foot wave southwest of the entrance to Oceanside Harbor. The fifteen occupants were thrown into the water. Two men suffered major injuries, three others had minor injuries.

A small sailboat was flipped over by heavy surf near the mouth of the Oceanside Marina. Another boat that went to rescue almost capsized before it was towed to safety by the Harbor Patrol.

Eight foot seas and 35 knot winds caused a mast to break on a 22 foot sailboat and throw the crew of two overboard. The crew were rescued, but the disabled boat was destroyed against the Ocean Beach Pier by 10 foot breaking waves.