High Wind in California, November 29 to 30, 1999

Name: High Wind in California, November 29 to 30, 1999
Start: 1999-11-29T20:58
End: 1999-11-30T03:55
Location: California

November 29 to 30, 1999 · NWS STO · 1 event in 1 county or zone

South winds gusting to 60 mph uprooted and snapped trees across Fall River Valley. One house in Pittville sustained minor damage due to a fallen tree.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $5,000
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 STO wrote it up.

South winds gusting to 60 mph uprooted and snapped trees across Fall River Valley. One house in Pittville sustained minor damage due to a fallen tree.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Burney Basin/Eastern Shasta County

When: November 29, 8:58 PM PST to November 30, 3:55 AM PST
Where: Burney Basin/Eastern Shasta County forecast zone
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

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

Every storm in California in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in California, November 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: 5723282.