High Wind, Shasta Lake/North Shasta County
- When
- April 28, 10:00 PM PST to April 29, 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- Shasta Lake/North Shasta County forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
High Wind in California, April 28 to 29, 1996
Surface high pressure over the Great Basin produced Santa Ana winds across the mountains and valleys of Southern Cailfornia. Sustained wind speeds 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 70 mph were reported.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS LOX wrote it up.
Surface high pressure over the Great Basin produced Santa Ana winds across the mountains and valleys of Southern Cailfornia. Sustained wind speeds 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 70 mph were reported.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Northern Sacramento Valley
- When
- April 28, 10:00 PM PST to April 29, 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northern Sacramento Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
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
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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: 5549394, 5549395.