High Wind in California, February 6, 1998

Name: High Wind in California, February 6, 1998
Start: 1998-02-06T10:00
End: 1998-02-06T15:00
Location: California

February 6, 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: $100,000
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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Kings/W Tulare/Nw Kern

When: February 6, 10:00 AM PST to 3:00 PM PST
Where: Kings/W Tulare/Nw Kern forecast zone
Property damage: $100,000

In the Dinuba area, a number of structures were also impacted by the area-wide high wind. The wind damage began at 1000 PST with a few small roofs damaged, trees blown over, and a large number of powerlines downed. PG&E reported 74 poles, 11 transformers, and three miles of wire down in the Tulare, Fresno, Madera, Merced, and Kings County area from the 2/3 and 2/6/98 wind storms.

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

Every storm in California in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5639475.