High Wind, Shasta Lake/North Shasta County
- When
- April 10, 4:00 PM PST to April 11, 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- Shasta Lake/North Shasta County forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
High Wind in California, April 10 to 11, 1996
Strong northwest winds, following the passage of a cold front, werereported in the mountains of Southern California. Sustained winds40 to 50 mph with gusts to 60 mph were measured.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS LOX wrote it up.
Strong northwest winds, following the passage of a cold front, werereported in the mountains of Southern California. Sustained winds40 to 50 mph with gusts to 60 mph were measured.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Vermont, April 10 to 11, 1996
- Flooding in North Dakota, April 10 to 30, 1996
- Flooding in North Dakota, April 10 to 30, 1996
- Flooding in North Dakota, April 10 to 30, 1996
- Flooding in Minnesota, April 10 to 30, 1996
- Winter Weather in New York, April 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, April 10 to 11, 1996
- Cold in Alabama, April 10, 1996
- Cold in Alabama, April 10, 1996
- Cold in Alabama, April 10, 1996
- Flood in Montana, April 10, 1996
- Hail in Montana, April 10, 1996
More
Every storm in California in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in California, April 1996
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: 5549390.