High Wind, W Riverside T X Nw
- When
- December 15, 3:45 AM PST to 4:03 AM PST
- Where
- W Riverside T X Nw forecast zone
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
High Wind in California, December 15, 1998
Strong winds broke 30 power poles in the Beaumont area.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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 SGX wrote it up.
Strong winds broke 30 power poles in the Beaumont area.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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: 5671274.