High Wind, Shasta Lake/North Shasta County
- When
- February 20, 8:30 AM PST to February 21, 10:00 AM PST
- Where
- Shasta Lake/North Shasta County forecast zone
High Wind in California, February 20 to 21, 1996
A powerful Pacific storm produced strong winds in the mountains. Wind gusts from 50 to 70 mph were recorded in Big Bear, Green Valley, and Forest Falls.
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.
A powerful Pacific storm produced strong winds in the mountains. Wind gusts from 50 to 70 mph were recorded in Big Bear, Green Valley, and Forest Falls. Numerous trees were downed and some structural damage was reported.
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
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 20 to 21, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, February 20 to 23, 1996
- Dense Fog in Indiana, February 20, 1996
- Strong Wind in Arizona, February 20, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, February 20, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 20 to 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 20 to 22, 1996
- High Wind in Oregon, February 20 to 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 20 to 21, 1996
- Heavy Rain in California, February 20, 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, February 20, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, February 20, 1996
More
Every storm in California in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 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: 5536627.