Strong Wind, Redwood Coast
- When
- April 17, 3:00 AM PST to 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Redwood Coast forecast zone
Strong Wind in California, April 17, 1996
Wind gusts to 51 mph at Crescent City airport at 11 am PDT.
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 EKA wrote it up.
Wind gusts to 51 mph at Crescent City airport at 11 am PDT.
Event by event
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, April 17, 1996
- High Wind in Colorado, April 17, 1996
- High Wind in New Mexico, April 17, 1996
- Winter Storm in Idaho, April 17 to 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, April 17 to 18, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, April 17 to 30, 1996
- Flood in Massachusetts, April 17 to 20, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, April 17 to 19, 1996
- Flood in New Hampshire, April 17 to 18, 1996
- Flood in Rhode Island, April 17, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, April 17 to 18, 1996
- Flood in Massachusetts, April 17 to 19, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5546639.