Flood — Santa Cruz, California

2012-11-30 · near Soquel, Santa Cruz, California

Event narrative

A man drowned in the waters of Soquel Creek in Capitola during a heavy rainstorm that produced minor flooding of the creek. He drowned in a section of the creek in Perry Park at the rear of a grocery store on 809 Bay Avenue in Capitola.

Wider weather episode

A series of significant winter storms impacted the district during late November and early December 2012. The first storm arrived November 28 and then was followed by three more winter storms. Each brought strong and gusty winds, heavy rainfall, high surf, and flooding to the region. During the second storm on November 30, at noon time there were reported 13,800 power outages in the Bay Area.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 419271. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.