High Wind, North Coast Interior
- When
- February 5, 1:00 AM PST to 3:00 AM PST
- Where
- North Coast Interior forecast zone
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
High Wind in California, February 5, 1998
Strong winds associated with a cold front caused widespread damage to trees, power lines and homes in Mendocino and Southern Humboldt Counties.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 EKA wrote it up.
Strong winds associated with a cold front caused widespread damage to trees, power lines and homes in Mendocino and Southern Humboldt Counties.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Mendocino Coast
- When
- February 5, 1:00 AM PST to 7:00 AM PST
- Where
- Mendocino Coast forecast zone
High Wind, Mendocino Interior
- When
- February 5, 1:00 AM PST to 3:00 AM PST
- Where
- Mendocino Interior forecast zone
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
- Flash Flooding and Flood in California, February 5 to 6, 1998
- Coastal Flood in New York, February 5 to 6, 1998
- Hail in Texas, February 5, 1998
- High Wind in California, February 5 to 6, 1998
- High Wind in Oregon, February 5 to 6, 1998
- Hail in Texas, February 5, 1998
- Hail in Texas, February 5, 1998
- Dense Fog in Colorado, February 5 to 6, 1998
- Coastal Flood in New Jersey, February 5, 1998
- Hail in Texas, February 5, 1998
- Coastal Flood in California, February 5, 1998
More
Every storm in California in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 1998
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: 5632997, 5632998, 5632999.