High Wind, Redwood Coast
- When
- November 18, 1:00 AM PST to November 19, 10:00 AM PST
- Where
- Redwood Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
High Wind in California, November 18 to 19, 1996
High winds downed numerous trees and power lines. A 14 mile stretch of Highway 101 south of Crescent City was closed by downed trees.
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 EKA wrote it up.
High winds downed numerous trees and power lines. A 14 mile stretch of Highway 101 south of Crescent City was closed by downed trees. Some reported wind speeds: 815 am 11/18 8 S Honeydew 50 mph, 130 am 11/19 Eureka 41 mph, 600 am 11/19 Bunker Hill 60 mph.
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 Storm in Montana, November 18 to 20, 1996
- Flooding in Oregon, November 18 to 23, 1996
- Debris Flows in Oregon, November 18 to 20, 1996
- High Wind in Nevada, November 18, 1996
- Winter Storm in Montana, November 18 to 19, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, November 18 to 19, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, November 18 to 19, 1996
- High Wind in Colorado, November 18, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, November 18, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, November 18, 1996
- Flood in Missouri, November 18 to 20, 1996
- High Wind in California, November 18 to 19, 1996
More
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5570978.