High Wind, C & E Glenn/Colusa T X W/N Sutter/Sw Yuba/Butte T X E
- When
- November 7, 7:00 AM PST to 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- C & E Glenn/Colusa T X W/N Sutter/Sw Yuba/Butte T X E forecast zone
- Measured
- 44 kt (51 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind in California, November 7, 1998
Post-frontal winds exceeding 50 mph downed over 400 power lines and trees. Over 125,000 SMUD and PG&E customers temporarily lost power with 90,000 of them in Sacramento County.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $700,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Post-frontal winds exceeding 50 mph downed over 400 power lines and trees. Over 125,000 SMUD and PG&E customers temporarily lost power with 90,000 of them in Sacramento County.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, P Sc Shasta/C Tehama
- When
- November 7, 7:00 AM PST to 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- P Sc Shasta/C Tehama forecast zone
- Measured
- 49 kt (56 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind, San Joaquin T Nw/Stanislaus/X Sw Tuolumne/Sw Calaveras
- When
- November 7, 7:00 AM PST to 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- San Joaquin T Nw/Stanislaus/X Sw Tuolumne/Sw Calaveras forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind, Yolo T W/Ne Solano/Sacramento T X Sw/X W Placer/X W Amador/S Sutter
- When
- November 7, 7:00 AM PST to 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- Yolo T W/Ne Solano/Sacramento T X Sw/X W Placer/X W Amador/S Sutter forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Property damage
- $700,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
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
- Avalanche in Utah, November 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, November 7 to 8, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, November 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, November 7 to 8, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, November 7 to 8, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, November 7, 1998
- Winter Storm in California, November 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, November 7, 1998
- High Wind in California, November 7, 1998
- High Wind in Nevada, November 7, 1998
- High Wind in California, November 7, 1998
- High Wind in Nevada, November 7, 1998
More
Every storm in California in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5671494, 5671495, 5671496, 5671497.