High Wind, Northern San Joaquin Valley
- When
- April 11, 1:30 AM PST to 3:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern San Joaquin Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph)
- Property damage
- $150,000
High Wind in California, April 11, 1996
Strong gradient winds, with widespread gusts over 60 mph, blew through the Antelope Valley. More than 60 power poles were toppled at Rosamond and a car was severely damaged by a downed tree.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $150,000
- 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 VEF wrote it up.
Strong gradient winds, with widespread gusts over 60 mph, blew through the Antelope Valley. More than 60 power poles were toppled at Rosamond and a car was severely damaged by a downed tree. Also, a few roofs were damaged and several windows were blown out.
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
- Damaging Wind in Oregon, April 11, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, April 11 to 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, April 11 to 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, April 11 to 13, 1996
- High Wind in Oregon, April 11 to 12, 1996
- Hail in Wisconsin, April 11, 1996
- Hail in Wisconsin, April 11, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, April 11, 1996
- Hail in Oregon, April 11, 1996
- High Wind in Kansas, April 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, April 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, April 11, 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: 5544838.