High Wind, Central Sacramento Valley
- When
- February 11, 6:00 PM PST to February 14, 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Central Sacramento Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in California, February 11 to 14, 2000
Heavy weekend rains coupled with strong, gusty winds were responsible for power outages and downed trees across the Sacramento Valley, Northern San Joaquin Valley, and Sierra Nevada Foothills. PG&E reported that outages affected nearly 40,000 customers while SMUD reported the outages affected nearly 35,000 customers.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- $40,000
- Events
- 5
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.
Heavy weekend rains coupled with strong, gusty winds were responsible for power outages and downed trees across the Sacramento Valley, Northern San Joaquin Valley, and Sierra Nevada Foothills. PG&E reported that outages affected nearly 40,000 customers while SMUD reported the outages affected nearly 35,000 customers. Sacramento County Public Works responded to 75 downed trees within the county. High winds caused a tree to fall on a Paradise home. No injuries resulted, but damage was sustained. In Chico, 100 almond trees were blown over by the strong winds.
Event by event
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Northern Sacramento Valley
- When
- February 11, 6:00 PM PST to February 14, 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northern Sacramento Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 42 kt (48 mph)
- Crop damage
- $40,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Northern San Joaquin Valley
- When
- February 11, 6:00 PM PST to February 14, 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northern San Joaquin Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 37 kt (43 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Motherlode/Camptonville to Groveland
- When
- February 11, 6:00 PM PST to February 14, 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Motherlode/Camptonville to Groveland forecast zone
- Measured
- 47 kt (54 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Southern Sacramento Valley
- When
- February 11, 6:00 PM PST to February 14, 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Southern Sacramento Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 38 kt (44 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
- Rip Current in Guam, February 11, 2000
- Heavy Rain in California, February 11 to 14, 2000
- Heavy Rain in California, February 11 to 14, 2000
- Flood in California, February 11 to 14, 2000
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, February 11, 2000
- Heavy Rain in California, February 11 to 14, 2000
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, February 11 to 14, 2000
- Winter Storm in Kansas, February 11, 2000
- Winter Storm in Maine, February 11, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Maine, February 11, 2000
- Heavy Snow in California, February 11 to 14, 2000
- Hail in Tennessee, February 11 to 12, 2000
More
Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 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: 5132579, 5132580, 5132581, 5132582, 5132583.