High Wind, Siskiyou County
- When
- March 2, 2:45 PM PST
- Where
- Siskiyou County forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Weed RAWS reported southeast winds 44 gusting to 60 mph.
High Wind in California, March 2, 1999
The pacific storm that brought high winds to the coast and Rogue Basin also brought high winds into Northern California. The peak sustained winds and gusts for Weed are reported above.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 MFR wrote it up.
The pacific storm that brought high winds to the coast and Rogue Basin also brought high winds into Northern California. The peak sustained winds and gusts for Weed are reported above. The High Wind Warning for Siskiyou county was issued at 1004 PST on 03/02/99 and cancelled at 2100 PST on 03/02/99.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Siskiyou County
- When
- March 2, 3:21 PM PST
- Where
- Siskiyou County forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Spotter SY23 in Fort Jones reported south winds over 40 mph.
High Wind, Siskiyou County
- When
- March 2, 3:45 PM PST
- Where
- Siskiyou County forecast zone
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Weed RAWS reported southeast winds 37 gusting to 66 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
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- Tornado in Louisiana, March 2, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, March 2, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, March 2, 1999
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- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 2, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, March 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 2, 1999
More
Every storm in California in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in California, March 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: 5687829, 5687828, 5686889.