Thunderstorm Wind, Riverside
- When
- January 22, 4:30 PM PST to 5:30 PM PST
- Where
- Riverside County, 15 mi W of Twentynine Palms
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.130, -116.320
Damaging Wind in California, January 22, 1996
A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 70 mph at the Joshua Tree National Park visitor center.
Where it happened
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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 thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 70 mph at the Joshua Tree National Park visitor center.
The radar
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Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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The same day elsewhere
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5538173.