High Wind, San Diego T X W
- When
- May 3, 8:00 AM PST to 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- San Diego T X W forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 33.028, -116.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in California, May 3, 1999
Five miles east of Jacumaba, along Interstate 8, a semi tractor-trailer rig and a motorhome were blown over.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 SGX wrote it up.
Five miles east of Jacumaba, along Interstate 8, a semi tractor-trailer rig and a motorhome were blown over.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, P Sw San Bernardino
- When
- May 3, 8:30 AM PST to 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- P Sw San Bernardino forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 34.841, -116.178 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Apple and Yucca Valleys
- When
- May 3, 10:00 AM PST to 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Apple and Yucca Valleys forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 34.841, -116.178 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, C San Diego
- When
- May 3, 2:00 PM PST to 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- C San Diego forecast zone
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 33.028, -116.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 3, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 3 to 12, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 3 to 4, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, May 3, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 3 to 4, 1999
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 3, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 3, 1999
- High Wind in Nevada, May 3, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 3, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, May 3, 1999
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 3, 1999
- Winter Storm in Colorado, May 3 to 5, 1999
More
Every storm in California in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in California, May 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: 5695434, 5695433, 5695380, 5695379.