High Wind, Shasta Lake/North Shasta County
- When
- January 16, 10:00 AM PST to January 17, 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- Shasta Lake/North Shasta County forecast zone
- Measured
- 73 kt (84 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
High Wind in California, January 16 to 17, 1996
A strong Pacific storm system brought rain and strong winds over a wide area of Southern California. Highest winds occured in the northern deserts and in the mountains.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- 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 strong Pacific storm system brought rain and strong winds over a wide area of Southern California. Highest winds occured in the northern deserts and in the mountains. Burns Canyon in the East San Bernardino mountains logged a gust to 82 mph while Ranchita, in the San Diego County mountains had a gust to 61 mph. In Shelter Valley, 45 miles northeast of San Diego, winds blew the roofs off many trailers.
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
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, January 16, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, January 16 to 18, 1996
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, January 16, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, January 16 to 17, 1996
- Blizzard in Nebraska, January 16 to 18, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, January 16 to 18, 1996
- Ice Storm in Oregon, January 16, 1996 to January 18, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 16, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 16 to 17, 1996
- Ice Storm in Washington, January 16 to 17, 1996
- High Wind in California, January 16, 1996
- High Wind in Nevada, January 16, 1996
More
Every storm in California in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5538171.