Strong Wind, Kern Deserts
- When
- May 3, 3:30 PM PST to May 4, 2:00 AM PST
- Where
- Kern Deserts forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Strong Wind in California, May 3 to 4, 1999
Strong presure gradients brought steady wind of 39 knots by 1630 PDT with gusts to 51 knots as measured at China Lake Naval Weapons Test Center. Other desert locations had gusts to 40 knots at Mojave and North Edwards AFB during the late afternoon and evening hours of May 3rd.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 HNX wrote it up.
Strong presure gradients brought steady wind of 39 knots by 1630 PDT with gusts to 51 knots as measured at China Lake Naval Weapons Test Center. Other desert locations had gusts to 40 knots at Mojave and North Edwards AFB during the late afternoon and evening hours of May 3rd. By 1800 PDT on May 3rd, winds at remote weather sensors in wind-funneled areas of the Kern Mountains reported gusts to 77 MPH (67 knots) at Jawbone Canyon and 48 MPH (55 knots) at Walker Pass. The Tehachapi Municipal Airport also reported a gust to 49 knots during this same time period.
Event by event
2 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong Wind, Kern Mtns
- When
- May 3, 4:30 PM PST to May 4, 2:00 AM PST
- Where
- Kern Mtns forecast zone
- Reported by
- AIRPLANE PILOT
What these are
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
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
- High Wind in California, May 3, 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
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: 5690908, 5690909.