Thunderstorm Wind, San Joaquin
- When
- April 1, 3:00 PM PST to 3:10 PM PST
- Where
- San Joaquin County, 8 mi NW of Stockton
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Coordinates
- 38.050, -121.400
Damaging Wind in California, April 1, 1996
A line of severe thunderstorms, associated with a bow echo indicated on the Sacramento WSR-88D at the time, produce straight-line damage in the San Joaquin River delta. Heaviest damage occurred to a boat marina (the source of the estimated value of damage).
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS STO wrote it up.
A line of severe thunderstorms, associated with a bow echo indicated on the Sacramento WSR-88D at the time, produce straight-line damage in the San Joaquin River delta. Heaviest damage occurred to a boat marina (the source of the estimated value of damage). A local park also sustained damage in the form of 30 uprooted oak trees of more than 2 feet in diameter. On nearby Interstate 5, two tractor trailers were blown over on the highway, which runs north-south, by the strong westerly winds.
The radar
The Sacramento radar (KDAX), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:57 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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- Drought in Oklahoma, April 1 to 30, 1996
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: 5576195.