High Wind, Redwood Coast
- When
- January 28, 5:00 PM PST to 10:00 PM PST
- Where
- Redwood Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
High Wind in California, January 28, 1998
Wind damage to buildings in Arcata and Blue Lake.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Wind damage to buildings in Arcata and Blue Lake.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Mendocino Coast
- When
- January 28, 5:00 PM PST to 10:00 PM PST
- Where
- Mendocino Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
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
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in New Jersey, January 28 to 29, 1998
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in Delaware, January 28 to 29, 1998
- Coastal Flood and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, January 28 to 29, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Maryland, January 28, 1998
- Flash Flood in Virginia, January 28, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Virginia, January 28, 1998
- High Wind in Oregon, January 28, 1998
- High Surf in California, January 28 to 31, 1998
- Coastal Flood and Heavy Rain in Maryland, January 28, 1998
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, January 28, 1998
- High Surf in California, January 28 to 31, 1998
- High Wind in South Carolina, January 28, 1998
More
Every storm in California in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 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: 5631355, 5631356.