High Wind, Central Sacramento Valley
- When
- April 3, 3:30 AM PST to 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Central Sacramento Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in California, April 3, 1999
Pre-frontal winds of 40 mph disrupted electrical service for 3,500 PG&E customers. Isolated stronger winds were also responsible for uprooting a total of 200 almond trees in Stockton and Chico as well as damaging a barn roof in Tracy.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- $39,000
- 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.
Pre-frontal winds of 40 mph disrupted electrical service for 3,500 PG&E customers. Isolated stronger winds were also responsible for uprooting a total of 200 almond trees in Stockton and Chico as well as damaging a barn roof in Tracy.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Carquinez Strait and Delta
- When
- April 3, 3:30 AM PST to 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Carquinez Strait and Delta forecast zone
- Measured
- 38 kt (44 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Northern San Joaquin Valley
- When
- April 3, 3:30 AM PST to 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northern San Joaquin Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Southern Sacramento Valley
- When
- April 3, 3:30 AM PST to 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Southern Sacramento Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 36 kt (41 mph)
- Crop damage
- $37,000
- 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
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 1999
- Ice Storm in Nebraska, April 3, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 1999
- Flash Flood in Missouri, April 3, 1999
- Winter Storm in California, April 3 to 4, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, April 3 to 26, 1999
- High Wind in California, April 3, 1999
- Flood and Hail in Illinois, April 3, 1999
- Avalanche in Alaska, April 3, 1999
More
Every storm in California in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in California, April 1999
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: 5690230, 5690231, 5690232, 5690233.