High Wind, Redwood Coast
- When
- March 23, 1:00 AM PST to 10:00 AM PST
- Where
- Redwood Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 46 kt (53 mph)
High Wind in California, March 23, 1998
Winds associated with a strong cold front peaked at 60 mph near Honeydew, 78 mph at an automated site above Maple Creek and 53 mph at the Eureka NWS office.
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.
Winds associated with a strong cold front peaked at 60 mph near Honeydew, 78 mph at an automated site above Maple Creek and 53 mph at the Eureka NWS office.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, North Coast Interior
- When
- March 23, 1:00 AM PST to 10:00 AM PST
- Where
- North Coast Interior forecast zone
- Measured
- 68 kt (78 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
- High Wind in Alaska, March 23 to 24, 1998
- High Wind in Nevada, March 23, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 23, 1998
- Waterspout in Florida, March 23, 1998
- High Wind in California, March 23, 1998
- Waterspout in Florida, March 23, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, March 23 to 24, 1998
- High Wind in Oregon, March 23, 1998
- High Wind in Nevada, March 23, 1998
- Heavy Rain in California, March 23, 1998
- Flood in Oregon, March 23, 1998
- Flood in Idaho, March 23 to 24, 1998
More
Every storm in California in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in California, March 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: 5638222, 5638223.