Strong northwest winds, gusting up to 65 mph, developed across the valleys of Los Angeles county. Numerouspower outages were caused by falling branches.
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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.
The episode as NWS LOX wrote it up.
Strong northwest winds, gusting up to 65 mph, developed across the valleys of Los Angeles county. Numerouspower outages were caused by falling branches. In Covina, a garage fire occurred when a palm tree frond wasblown into a power line. In Duarte, falling branches caused extensive damage to several automobiles.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 dust devil, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A dust devil developed in the Palmdale area. Two storage sheds were destroyed by the dust devil.
A dust devil developed over a mobile home park in La Verne. Two mobile homes had their roofs blown off by the dust devil.
A dust devil developed in the Glendale area. The dust devil blew down a tree onto a automobile.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in California, April 1997
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: 5594510, 5594511, 5594512, 5594513.