High Wind, Motherlode/Camptonville to Goverland
- When
- April 2, 4:00 AM PST to 10:00 PM PST
- Where
- Motherlode/Camptonville to Goverland forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
High Wind in California, April 2, 1997
3 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada/Sierra County South
- When
- April 2, 4:00 AM PST to 10:00 PM PST
- Where
- West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada/Sierra County South forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
High Wind, Northern San Joaquin Valley
- When
- April 2, 4:00 AM PST to 10:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northern San Joaquin Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
Strong north winds blew a man off the top of his tractor trailer, injuring him critically in the northern San Joaquin Valley. The winds also aided the spread of dozens of small fires from the very dry downslope winds, injuring one firefighter. Falling trees left downed power lines for 7000 customers in Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties.
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
- High Wind in Utah, April 2, 1997
- Flood in North Dakota, April 2 to 5, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, April 2, 1997
- High Wind in New Mexico, April 2 to 3, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, April 2, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, April 2, 1997
- High Wind in California, April 2, 1997
- High Wind in Arizona, April 2 to 3, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, April 2 to 3, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, April 2, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 2, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, April 2, 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: 5624137, 5624138, 5624139.