California, 1998

High Wind in California, February 14 to 15, 1998

February 14 to 15, 1998 · NWS HNX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, C & Sw Kern

When
February 14, 6:00 PM PST to February 15, 4:00 AM PST
Where
C & Sw Kern forecast zone
Measured
90 kt (104 mph)

Locally strong wind funneled by terrain reached 90Kts reported by a spotter 4 miles west of Tehachapi in the Kern County Mountains. Gusts to 41Kts at Mountain Valley Airport were reported at 1852 PST. Near Lake Isabella at Mountain Mesa "strong" wind was reported by spotters after 2230 PST on 2/14/98.

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: 5639090.