Strong Wind, Redwood Coast
- When
- January 28, 12:00 AM PST to 3:00 AM PST
- Where
- Redwood Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 49 kt (56 mph)
Strong Wind in California, January 28, 1997
Strong winds briefly blew across the coast as a storm system approached. A spotter 9 miles south of Honeydew reported 45 mph winds shortly after midnight.
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.
Strong winds briefly blew across the coast as a storm system approached. A spotter 9 miles south of Honeydew reported 45 mph winds shortly after midnight. Cooskie Mountain had a peak gust of 56 mph at 1 am.
Event by event
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Winter Storm in Montana, January 28, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, January 28, 1997
- High Wind in Massachusetts, January 28, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, January 28, 1997
- Hail in Mississippi, January 28, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, January 28, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, January 28, 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: 5586483.