Santa Ana winds blew down electric, telephone, and cable television lines in Fontana and Chino. A semi-tractor trailer was almost blown off an overpass on Interstate 15 near Devore.
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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.
The episode as NWS SGX wrote it up.
Santa Ana winds blew down electric, telephone, and cable television lines in Fontana and Chino. A semi-tractor trailer was almost blown off an overpass on Interstate 15 near Devore. Blowing dust south of March Air Force Base caused hazardous driving conditions. Several small brush fires broke out along the Santa Ana River valley and were difficult for firefighters to contain.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, December 2000
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: 5166653, 5166654.