California, 1999

High Wind in California, November 7 to 8, 1999

November 7 to 8, 1999 · NWS EKA · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Wind gust to 58 mph at Crescent City Airport. Most of Del Norte County was without power between 12:30 am and 2:30 am on November 8.

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 EKA wrote it up.

Wind gust to 58 mph at Crescent City Airport. Most of Del Norte County was without power between 12:30 am and 2:30 am on November 8. Gusts in Humboldt County reached 50 mph.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Redwood Coast

When
November 7, 8:00 PM PST to November 8, 3:00 AM PST
Where
Redwood Coast forecast zone
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

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, 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: 5720635.