California, 1999

High Wind in California, February 11 to 12, 1999

February 11 to 12, 1999 · NWS LOX · 7 events in 7 counties and zones

Strong Santa Ana winds developed across Southern California. The gusty northeast winds produced scattered power outages and other damage.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
7

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 LOX wrote it up.

Strong Santa Ana winds developed across Southern California. The gusty northeast winds produced scattered power outages and other damage. In Canyon Country, a mobile home was destroyed when a 50 foot eucalyptus tree was blown down. In Simi Valley, another house was damaged when a 80 foot eucalyptus tree was blown down. No injuries were reported.

Event by event

7 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, N Ventura

When
February 11, 3:00 AM PST to February 12, 2:00 PM PST
Where
N Ventura forecast zone
Measured
65 kt (75 mph)
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

High Wind, N Los Angeles T X N

When
February 11, 3:00 AM PST to February 12, 2:00 PM PST
Where
N Los Angeles T X N forecast zone
Measured
65 kt (75 mph)
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

High Wind, X Sw Los Angeles

When
February 11, 3:00 AM PST to February 12, 2:00 PM PST
Where
X Sw Los Angeles forecast zone
Measured
65 kt (75 mph)
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

High Wind, C Los Angeles

When
February 11, 5:00 AM PST to February 12, 2:00 PM PST
Where
C Los Angeles forecast zone
Measured
45 kt (52 mph)
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

High Wind, C Ventura

When
February 11, 5:00 AM PST to February 12, 2:00 PM PST
Where
C Ventura forecast zone
Measured
45 kt (52 mph)
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

High Wind, S Ventura T X S

When
February 11, 5:00 AM PST to February 12, 2:00 PM PST
Where
S Ventura T X S forecast zone
Measured
45 kt (52 mph)
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

High Wind, X S Ventura

When
February 11, 5:00 AM PST to February 12, 2:00 PM PST
Where
X S Ventura forecast zone
Measured
45 kt (52 mph)
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

More

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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: 5681079, 5681080, 5681081, 5681075, 5681076, 5681077, 5681078.