Strong Wind in California, December 7, 1999

Name: Strong Wind in California, December 7, 1999
Start: 1999-12-07T14:05
End: 1999-12-07T23:45
Location: California

December 7, 1999 · NWS HNX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Relatively strong gradient wind over Interior Central California brought advisory level winds to broad areas of the Kern County Mountain and Desert areas. Mojave did have very localized high west-northwest wind at 60 gusting to 80Kt at 1426 PST.

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 HNX wrote it up.

Relatively strong gradient wind over Interior Central California brought advisory level winds to broad areas of the Kern County Mountain and Desert areas. While desert wind was generally in the 35 to 41 knot range...Mojave did have very localized high west-northwest wind at 60 gusting to 80Kt at 1426 PST. Edwards AFB reported the peak wind for the day from the west at 34 knots at 1658 PST with China Lake at 43 knots from the west-southwest at 41 knots at 1453 PST. Mojave wind jumped from 10 knots gusting to 40 knots as early as 0847 PST. Mountain wind peaked later in the day at 2252 PST with reports of gusts to 43 knots from the NNW (Sandberg, CA).

Event by event

2 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Strong Wind, Kern Deserts

When: December 7, 2:05 PM PST to 11:45 PM PST
Where: Kern Deserts forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Strong Wind, Kern Mtns

When: December 7, 6:00 PM PST to 11:45 PM PST
Where: Kern Mtns forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

What these are

Strong Wind: Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in California in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in California, December 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: 5721700, 5721701.