High Wind, Ventura County Coast
- When
- January 5, 9:00 PM PST to January 7, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Ventura County Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 86 kt (99 mph)
High Wind in California, January 5 to 7, 1997
Strong Santa Ana winds pummelled Southern California. Northeast winds 40 to 60 mph with gusts to 99 mphwere reported.
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 LOX wrote it up.
Strong Santa Ana winds pummelled Southern California. Northeast winds 40 to 60 mph with gusts to 99 mphwere reported. In Shadow Hills, a 55 year-old man was killed when the winds blew down a 70 foot tree ontohim. At Burbank Airport, the winds flipped over several small planes. Eleven cities: Arcadia, Claremont, Duarte, LaCanada Flintridge, LaVerne, monrovia, Pasadena, San Dimas, Temple City, San Fernando andWalnut declared local states of emergency due to wind damage.
Event by event
8 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Los Angeles County Coasts Including Downtown Los Angeles
- When
- January 5, 9:00 PM PST to January 7, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Los Angeles County Coasts Including Downtown Los Angeles forecast zone
- Measured
- 86 kt (99 mph)
High Wind, Ventura County Interior Valleys
- When
- January 5, 9:00 PM PST to January 7, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Ventura County Interior Valleys forecast zone
- Measured
- 86 kt (99 mph)
High Wind, Ventura County Coastal Valleys
- When
- January 5, 9:00 PM PST to January 7, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Ventura County Coastal Valleys forecast zone
- Measured
- 86 kt (99 mph)
High Wind, Santa Monica Mountains Recreation Area
- When
- January 5, 9:00 PM PST to January 7, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Santa Monica Mountains Recreation Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 86 kt (99 mph)
High Wind, Los Angeles County Valleys
- When
- January 5, 9:00 PM PST to January 7, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Los Angeles County Valleys forecast zone
- Measured
- 86 kt (99 mph)
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
High Wind, Ventura County Mountains
- When
- January 5, 9:00 PM PST to January 7, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Ventura County Mountains forecast zone
- Measured
- 86 kt (99 mph)
High Wind, Los Angeles County Mountains Excluding the Santa Monica Range
- When
- January 5, 9:00 PM PST to January 7, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Los Angeles County Mountains Excluding the Santa Monica Range forecast zone
- Measured
- 86 kt (99 mph)
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Wind, Los Angeles County Valleys | 1997-01-06 | 55 | Male | Other | Direct |
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
- Winter Storm in New Mexico, January 5 to 6, 1997
- Tornado in Alabama, January 5, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, January 5, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, January 5, 1997
- High Wind in Ohio, January 5, 1997
- Tornado in Ohio, January 5, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, January 5, 1997
- Tornado in Georgia, January 5, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, January 5, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, January 5, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, January 5, 1997
- Tornado in Alabama, January 5, 1997
More
Every storm in California in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 1997
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: 5584990, 5584991, 5584992, 5584993, 5584994, 5584995, 5584996, 5584997.