Thunderstorm Wind, Madera
- When
- April 1, 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- Madera County, 2 mi N of Madera
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 37.000, -120.070
Damaging Wind in California, April 1, 1997
A thunderstorm produced gusty wind raising dust, damaging a car port, and moving a vehicle in the road in the Madera Knolls area 2 miles north of Madera. Witnesses report a gust front with little wind before and diminishing wind after the event.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $15,000
- 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 HNX wrote it up.
A thunderstorm produced gusty wind raising dust, damaging a car port, and moving a vehicle in the road in the Madera Knolls area 2 miles north of Madera. Witnesses report a gust front with little wind before and diminishing wind after the event. Unconfirmed gustnado with the event as radar indicated the thunderstorm cell to the north of the area. Wind speed unable to be determined.
The radar
The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:04 UTC.
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
- Heavy Snow and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, April 1, 1997
- High Wind in North Carolina, April 1, 1997
- Drought in Texas, April 1 to 30, 1997
- Heavy Snow and Strong Wind in Rhode Island, April 1, 1997
- Heavy Snow and Strong Wind in Connecticut, April 1, 1997
- Flooding in Louisiana, April 1 to 20, 1997
- Flooding in Iowa, April 1 to 10, 1997
- Winter Storm and Hail in Kansas, April 1 to 29, 1997
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in New Jersey, April 1, 1997
- Cold in West Virginia, April 1 to 30, 1997
- Cold in North Carolina, April 1 to 18, 1997
- Flooding in South Dakota, April 1 to 30, 1997
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: 5596661.