High Wind, Ne Orange
- When
- October 25, 1:00 AM PST to 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Ne Orange forecast zone
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.483, -116.847 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in California, October 25, 1997
Surface high pressure over Nevada, coupled with strong winds aloft, forced gusty Santa Ana winds through and below selected passes and canyons. The winds damaged many trees and even toppled a few, resulting in power outages affecting 3700 San Bernardino County customers.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 SGX wrote it up.
Surface high pressure over Nevada, coupled with strong winds aloft, forced gusty Santa Ana winds through and below selected passes and canyons. The winds damaged many trees and even toppled a few, resulting in power outages affecting 3700 San Bernardino County customers. Wind gusts were clocked at 76 mph through Fremont Canyon, in the Santa Ana Mountains.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, X Sw San Bernardino
- When
- October 25, 1:00 AM PST to 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- X Sw San Bernardino forecast zone
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.293, -116.086 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Oklahoma, October 25, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nebraska, October 25 to 26, 1997
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, October 25 to 26, 1997
- Blizzard in Colorado, October 25 to 26, 1997
- Blizzard in Kansas, October 25 to 26, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, October 25 to 26, 1997
- Winter Storm in Kansas, October 25 to 26, 1997
- Tornado in Mississippi, October 25, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, October 25, 1997
- Tornadoes in Alabama, October 25, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, October 25, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, October 25, 1997
More
Every storm in California in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in California, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5623105, 5623106.