A deep upper atmospheric low pressure center over Southern California,and a strong offshore, surface pressure gradient, resulted in gusty Santa Ana winds below selected passes and canyons. Strongest wind gusts of 80 mph were measured through Fremont Canyon on the twenty-fourth.
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The episode as NWS SGX wrote it up.
A deep upper atmospheric low pressure center over Southern California,and a strong offshore, surface pressure gradient, resulted in gusty Santa Ana winds below selected passes and canyons. Strongest wind gusts of 80 mph were measured through Fremont Canyon on the twenty-fourth. The winds knocked down power lines, forcing the closure of the I-215 in San Bernardino County for about an hour, and fanned several small fires, one of which destroyed an abandoned house in San Bernardino.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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, February 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: 5590818, 5590819, 5590820.