High Wind, Central Sacramento Valley
- When
- February 6, 4:23 AM PST to February 7, 11:30 AM PST
- Where
- Central Sacramento Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in California, February 6 to 7, 1999
Prolonged pre-frontal winds exceeding 50 mph disrupted service for 4,500 PG&E and SMUD customers. Two homes in north Tehama County were damaged.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Prolonged pre-frontal winds exceeding 50 mph disrupted service for 4,500 PG&E and SMUD customers. Two homes in north Tehama County were damaged. One by an uprooted tree, the other by a large limb.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Northern Sacramento Valley
- When
- February 6, 4:23 AM PST to February 7, 11:30 AM PST
- Where
- Northern Sacramento Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Southern Sacramento Valley
- When
- February 6, 4:23 AM PST to February 7, 11:30 AM PST
- Where
- Southern Sacramento Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- 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
- Avalanche in Colorado, February 6, 1999
- Avalanche in California, February 6, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, February 6, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, February 6, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, February 6 to 7, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, February 6, 1999
- High Wind in Nevada, February 6, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 6 to 11, 1999
- Winter Storm in Idaho, February 6 to 7, 1999
- High Wind in Nevada, February 6, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, February 6, 1999
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, February 6, 1999
More
Every storm in California in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 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: 5680869, 5680870, 5680871.