High Wind, Mendocino Coast
- When
- December 29, 8:00 AM PST to 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- Mendocino Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
High Wind in California, December 29, 1996
Third system in a large Pacific storm system brought winds to 60 mph and hvy precip to nrn ptn of San Francisco Bay area. Many trees were blown down and into power lines.
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 MTR wrote it up.
Third system in a large Pacific storm system brought winds to 60 mph and hvy precip to nrn ptn of San Francisco Bay area. Many trees were blown down and into power lines. 21,000 people were without power.
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
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, December 29, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Washington, December 29 to 31, 1996
- Flood in Washington, December 29 to 31, 1996
- Ice Storm in Washington, December 29 to 30, 1996
- Heavy Rain in California, December 29, 1996
- High Wind in Nevada, December 29, 1996
- High Wind in Nevada, December 29, 1996
- High Wind in Nevada, December 29, 1996
- Flooding in California, December 29 to 31, 1996
- Dense Fog in Florida, December 29, 1996
- Winter Storm in Montana, December 29, 1996
- Winter Storm in Montana, December 29, 1996
More
Every storm in California in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in California, December 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: 5575588.