High Wind, Mendocino Coast
- When
- February 5, 7:00 PM PST to February 6, 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- Mendocino Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
High Wind in California, February 5 to 6, 1998
A very strong Pacific cold front slammed into Northwest California bringing widespread damage to an area hit by high winds less than 24 hours earlier. Power was cut to all of the central Mendocino County coast and half of the Ukiah Valley.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
A very strong Pacific cold front slammed into Northwest California bringing widespread damage to an area hit by high winds less than 24 hours earlier. Power was cut to all of the central Mendocino County coast and half of the Ukiah Valley. Many more outages were reported throughout the area. Downed trees damaged homes and vehicles, blocked roads and cut the power. The highest winds were measured in the coastal hills where Cooskie Mountain had 94 mph, Maple Creek 76 mph, five miles east of Honeydew 70 mph and Bunker Hill 81 mph. Many coastal locations had gusts between 50 and 60 mph.
Event by event
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Mendocino Interior
- When
- February 5, 7:00 PM PST to February 6, 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- Mendocino Interior forecast zone
High Wind, Redwood Coast
- When
- February 5, 8:00 PM PST to February 6, 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- Redwood Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 49 kt (56 mph)
High Wind, North Coast Interior
- When
- February 5, 8:00 PM PST to February 6, 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- North Coast Interior forecast zone
- Measured
- 82 kt (94 mph)
High Wind, Upper Trinity River
- When
- February 5, 8:00 PM PST to February 6, 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- Upper Trinity River 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 Oregon, February 5 to 6, 1998
- High Wind in California, February 5, 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: 5633001, 5633002, 5633000, 5633003, 5633004.