Thunderstorm Wind, Caz014 - 015 - 019
- When
- March 24, 3:15 PM PST
- Where
- Caz014 - 015 - 019 County, Santa Barbara
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
Wind gusts to 60 mph reported by the Santa Barbara airport.
Tornado and Damaging Wind in California, March 24, 1994
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $500
- 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 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Caz014 - 015 - 019
- When
- March 24, 3:40 PM PST
- Where
- Caz014 - 015 - 019 County, Santa Barbara
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 34.430, -119.700
A tornado was reported by the Santa Barbara Fire Dept and by the Harbor Masters office. The Fire Dept said it carried a 10 x 20 feet building over a 7 feet fence.
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
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, March 24, 1994
- Hail in Arkansas, March 24, 1994
- Hail in Texas, March 24, 1994
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 24, 1994
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 24, 1994
- Hail in Ohio, March 24, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 24, 1994
- Hail in Indiana, March 24, 1994
- Hail in Michigan, March 24, 1994
More
Every storm in California in 1994Every state in 1994This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for California, 1994Warnings in California, March 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: 10316824, 10316826.