Thunderstorm Wind, Santa Barbara
- When
- March 26, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Santa Barbara County
- Coordinates
- 34.830, -120.580
Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in California, March 26, 1991
3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Event by event
3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Kern
- When
- March 26, 4:07 PM CST
- Where
- Kern County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.630, -117.680
Tornado, San Joaquin
- When
- March 26, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- San Joaquin County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.130, -121.370
Tornado, Merced
- When
- March 26, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Merced County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.230, -120.320
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, March 26, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, March 26, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, March 26, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, March 26, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, March 26, 1991
- Hail in Wisconsin, March 26, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, March 26, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, March 26, 1991
- Hail in Texas, March 26, 1991
- Hail in Pennsylvania, March 26, 1991
- Hail in Michigan, March 26, 1991
More
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Sources
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: 9990225, 9990226, 9990227, 9990228.