High Wind in California, November 5, 1998

Name: High Wind in California, November 5, 1998
Start: 1998-11-05T10:46
End: 1998-11-05T10:46
Location: California

November 5, 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: None recorded
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, Kern Deserts

When: November 5, 10:46 AM PST
Where: Kern Deserts forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

An upper level short wave moved across Central and Southern California on November 5th and supported locally gusty winds. While windy conditions prevailed over the Kern Deserts, the wind-prone area around Mojave reached Wind Warning thresholds with a sustained speed of 50Kts gusting to 80Kts at 1046 PST. No damage was reported in the Desert. Kern Mountain areas had gusts to 51Kts later in the evening with speeds during the day running around 40Kts sustained. The San Joaquin Valley had winds in the 15 to 30Kt range. Short Term Forecasts had been issued as early as 0515 PST for the gusty wind ... and a transition to a High Wind Warning (NPW) at 1120 PST with the confirmation of high wind.

What these are

High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in California in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in California, November 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: 5668542.