Hail and Damaging Wind in California, April 26, 1994

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in California, April 26, 1994
Start: 1994-04-26T14:30
End: 1994-04-26T20:00
Location: California

April 26, 1994 · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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Winter weather
Heat and drought
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Riverside

When: April 26, 2:30 PM PDT to 8:00 PM PDT
Where: Riverside County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.744, -115.994 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Numerous reports of hail were reported at San Dimas, Misson Hills, Ontario, and from La Crescenta to Arcadia. Most of the hail reports were between 0.25 to 0.50 inch size, but a few reports had 0.75 inch hail. The hail was one to two inches deep in some locations of the inland valleys near the foothills. Interstate 215 was closed due to pea-sized hail covering the road.

Thunderstorm Wind, San Diego

When: April 26, 4:50 PM PDT
Where: San Diego County, San Diego
Coordinates: 33.028, -116.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Wind damage to a building located at 2630 Kettner Blvd. One-half of a sheet metal roof was torn off. Wind speeds unknown.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in California in 1994 Every state in 1994 This day in weather history Warnings in California, April 1994

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: 10316595, 10316662.