Damaging Wind in California, May 14, 1993

Name: Damaging Wind in California, May 14, 1993
Start: 1993-05-14T15:30
End: 1993-05-14T15:30
Location: California

May 14, 1993 · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cazall

When: May 14, 3:30 PM PST
Where: Cazall County, Cazall
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect

Widespread thunderstorms hit many areas in southern California. There were many power outages, due to power lines knocked down by lightning. Some mountain and desert areas had over an inch of rain with some small hail. A woman was killed in Canoga Park, in Los Angeles, when her car spun out-of-control on a rain-slick street, hit a power pole and knocked down a transformer that landed on top of her car. (F43V)

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Thunderstorm Wind, Cazall	1993-05-14				Direct

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in California in 1993 Every state in 1993 This day in weather history Warnings in California, May 1993

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: 10316827.