California, 1999

High Wind in California, January 22, 1999

January 22, 1999 · NWS MFR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The same storm that caused the high winds on the Oregon coast also brought high winds to the Shasta valley in Siskiyou county.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 MFR wrote it up.

The same storm that caused the high winds on the Oregon coast also brought high winds to the Shasta valley in Siskiyou county.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Siskiyou

When
January 22, 9:15 AM PST
Where
Siskiyou forecast zone
Measured
60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER

A spotter at Weed reported SSE winds 50-60 mph.

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

Every storm in California in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5679463.