High Wind in California, April 5, 1996

Name: High Wind in California, April 5, 1996
Start: 1996-04-05T06:00
End: 1996-04-05T14:30
Location: California

April 5, 1996 · NWS LOX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Surface high pressure, building into the Great Basin, produced strong Santa Ana winds across the mountains and valleys of SouthernCalifornia. In Ontario, several power lines were knocked down.

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.

Surface high pressure, building into the Great Basin, produced strong Santa Ana winds across the mountains and valleys of SouthernCalifornia. Rialto airport reported northeast wind gusts of 50 mph.In Ontario, several power lines were knocked down. In Corona andHemet, numerous branches and small trees were blown down.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Shasta Lake/North Shasta County

When: April 5, 6:00 AM PST to 2:30 PM PST
Where: Shasta Lake/North Shasta County forecast zone
Measured: 41 kt (47 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

Every storm in California in 1996 Every state in 1996 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5549388.