Hail and tornadoes in Santa Cruz County, CA
No hail in Santa Cruz County, CA since January 2021, by radar estimate or by reports to the National Weather Service.
Still loading: radar estimates go back to Wed, Oct 14, 2020, and the earlier years are being added.
Hail on record since 1955
NOAA's Storm Events database lists 18 hail reports in Santa Cruz County, CA on 14 days, 0 of them 2 inches or larger. The largest: 1 in, near Corralitos, on Wed, Jan 20, 2010.
By decade: 2000s: 2 · 2010s: 9 · 2020s: 7
Tornadoes since 1950
4 tornadoes have touched Santa Cruz County, CA since 1950, none of them rated F3/EF3 or stronger. They killed 0 and injured 5.
Every one
- Sat, Dec 14, 2024 · EF1 · 0.31 mi long, 30 yd wide · near Scotts Vly · 5 injuries
- Sun, Jan 6, 2019 · EF0 · 0.54 mi long, 6 yd wide · near Santa Cruz
- Sun, Jan 6, 2019 · EF0 · 0.07 mi long, 6 yd wide · near Santa Cruz
- Sat, Dec 22, 2012 · EF0 · 1.07 mi long, 20 yd wide · near Ellicott
By decade: 2010s: 3 · 2020s: 1
Still loading: NOAA's record goes back to 1950, and 2003 onward is in so far.
Radar estimates and reports are for anywhere inside the county's boundary. Radar estimates come from NOAA's MRMS estimated hail size (MESH), the largest hail the radar estimates aloft on a ~1 km grid. They often run larger than the hail that reached the ground, and they aren't an observation at any address. Reports are what people reported to the National Weather Service. Neither is proof of damage or an official record for an insurance claim. From NOAA's Storm Events Database (NCEI), which records tornadoes from 1950, hail and thunderstorm wind from 1955, and every kind of storm from 1996. A tornado that crossed county lines is counted in each county it touched. Recent months are added as NCEI publishes them, a few months behind. Damage is in the dollars of its year and is often an estimate.