High Wind, Southern Sierra Nevada-Yosemite National Park to Kings Canyon
- When
- February 3, 8:00 AM PST to 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Southern Sierra Nevada-Yosemite National Park to Kings Canyon forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
High Wind in California, February 3, 1998
At Coarsegold wind during the morning hours were consistently gusty at speeds of 30 to 40 MPH with a peak of 64 MPH at 0800 PST on 2/3/98. Wind speed measured at Badger Pass Ski Resort at 0900 PST reached 61Kts (70MPH).
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 HNX wrote it up.
At Coarsegold wind during the morning hours were consistently gusty at speeds of 30 to 40 MPH with a peak of 64 MPH at 0800 PST on 2/3/98. Wind speed measured at Badger Pass Ski Resort at 0900 PST reached 61Kts (70MPH). Over 50 trees were downed in the Chinquapin area 19 miles NE of Mariposa and in Yosemite National Park from the high gradient winds. Southeast wind was also reported at Yosemite Lakes consistently at 30MPH gusts to 50MPH during the episode.
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
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, February 3 to 4, 1998
- Ice Storm in Nebraska, February 3, 1998
- Flood in California, February 3 to 21, 1998
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 3 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Flood in California, February 3, 1998
- High Wind in Nevada, February 3, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 3 to 4, 1998
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: 5638968.