High Wind, P Sc Shasta/C Tehama
- When
- February 7, 7:00 AM PST to 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- P Sc Shasta/C Tehama forecast zone
- Measured
- 37 kt (43 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in California, February 7, 1998
Strong winds blew for a second day in a row in the Sacramento and Northern San Joaquin Valleys. The winds were strong enough to push a floating restaurant upstream on the swollen Sacramento River near Sacramento.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $300,000
- 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 STO wrote it up.
Strong winds blew for a second day in a row in the Sacramento and Northern San Joaquin Valleys. The winds were strong enough to push a floating restaurant upstream on the swollen Sacramento River near Sacramento. Power outages left 60,000 customers in Sacramento and 15,000 Solano County customers in the dark for hours. 118 city trees were damaged in Sacramento. Damage to a hangar at Travis Air Force base in Solano County also occurred.
Event by event
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, S Solano/S Napa/X Sw Sacramento/Nw San Joaquin
- When
- February 7, 7:00 AM PST to 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- S Solano/S Napa/X Sw Sacramento/Nw San Joaquin forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $300,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, San Joaquin T Nw/Stanislaus/X Sw Tuolumne/Sw Calaveras
- When
- February 7, 7:00 AM PST to 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- San Joaquin T Nw/Stanislaus/X Sw Tuolumne/Sw Calaveras forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Yolo T W/Ne Solano/Sacramento T X Sw/X W Placer/X W Amador/S Sutter
- When
- February 7, 7:00 AM PST to 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- Yolo T W/Ne Solano/Sacramento T X Sw/X W Placer/X W Amador/S Sutter forecast zone
- Measured
- 34 kt (39 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, C & E Glenn/Colusa T X W/N Sutter/Sw Yuba/Butte T X E
- When
- February 7, 7:00 AM PST to 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- C & E Glenn/Colusa T X W/N Sutter/Sw Yuba/Butte T X E forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
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 Utah, February 7 to 9, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in California, February 7 to 8, 1998
- Flooding in California, February 7 to 8, 1998
- Storm Surge in Oregon, February 7, 1998
- Lightning Strike in California, February 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 7 to 9, 1998
- Dense Fog in Colorado, February 7, 1998
- High Wind in Oregon, February 7, 1998
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 7 to 8, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, February 7, 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: 5671489, 5671490, 5671491, 5671492, 5671493.