High Wind, Humboldt
- When
- August 30, 12:00 PM PST to 1:00 PM PST
- Where
- Humboldt forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Nevada, August 30, 1999
Gradient winds associated with a strong cold front produced winds over 60 mph at two RAWS stations in northwest and east central Humboldt county.
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 LKN wrote it up.
Gradient winds associated with a strong cold front produced winds over 60 mph at two RAWS stations in northwest and east central Humboldt county.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Humboldt
- When
- August 30, 4:00 PM PST to 5:00 PM PST
- Where
- Humboldt forecast zone
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 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
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 30, 1999
- Hurricane in North Carolina, August 30, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Wyoming, August 30, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Utah, August 30, 1999
- Hurricane in North Carolina, August 30 to 31, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Oregon, August 30, 1999
- Coastal Flood in New Jersey, August 30 to 31, 1999
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, August 30, 1999
- Hurricane in South Carolina, August 30, 1999
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, August 30, 1999
- Cold in Oregon, August 30 to 31, 1999
- Cold in California, August 30 to 31, 1999
More
Every storm in Nevada in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, August 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: 5714179, 5714180.