The remnants of Hurricane Ramon produced heavy rainfall that caused flooding in California, indirectly contributing to five traffic-related fatalities.

Hurricane Ramon originated from a tropical disturbance that was situated south of a large ridge over Central Mexico.

Rapidly intensifying, Ramon reached major hurricane status on October 8 (Category 3 or higher on the SSHWS).

At 0600 UTC on October 9, Ramon was upgraded into a Category 4 hurricane[3] while reaching its peak intensity of 140 mph (220 km/h),[1] which it maintained for 24 hours.

[3] Hurricane Ramon began to rapidly deteriorate due to a combination of jetstream interactions and increasingly cold sea-surface temperatures.

[3] The remnant moisture of this hurricane later moved into Southern California, resulting in record rains.

[8] The remnants of this storm caused extremely heavy rains across Southern California,[1] peaking at 2.14 in (54 mm) in Camp Pendelton.

[11] Torrential rainfall was recorded in San Diego County, where two people died in separate traffic accidents.

[7] Heavy rains extended west and was also reported in Hemet in Riverside County,[7] where three people were also injured during a car accident.