High Wind, Kern Cty Mtns
- When
- December 12, 4:13 AM PST to 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- Kern Cty Mtns forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in California, December 12, 2000
A series of relatively dry frontal passages occurred through Interior Central California from the 11th to 17th of December. On the 12th gusty post-frontal wind speeds reached 54 MPH at Indian Wells Canyon in the Kern Mountains with gusts on the Kern Desert floor of 39 Knots at China Lake NWTC and 56 Knots at Edward AFB Rocket Lab.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
A series of relatively dry frontal passages occurred through Interior Central California from the 11th to 17th of December. On the 12th gusty post-frontal wind speeds reached 54 MPH at Indian Wells Canyon in the Kern Mountains with gusts on the Kern Desert floor of 39 Knots at China Lake NWTC and 56 Knots at Edward AFB Rocket Lab.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Indian Wells Vly
- When
- December 12, 9:40 AM PST to 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- Indian Wells Vly forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Se Kern Cty Desert
- When
- December 12, 10:10 AM PST to 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- Se Kern Cty Desert forecast zone
- 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
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- High Wind in Pennsylvania, December 12, 2000
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, December 12, 2000
- Ice Storm in Arkansas, December 12 to 13, 2000
- High Wind in New York, December 12, 2000
- Ice Storm in Texas, December 12 to 13, 2000
- High Wind in New Jersey, December 12, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, December 12 to 13, 2000
- Cold in South Carolina, December 12 to 13, 2000
- High Wind in New York, December 12, 2000
- High Wind in New York, December 12, 2000
- High Wind in New York, December 12, 2000
More
Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, December 2000
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: 5168104, 5168105, 5168106.