High Wind in California, February 12, 2000

Name: High Wind in California, February 12, 2000
Start: 2000-02-12T00:00
End: 2000-02-12T10:00
Location: California

February 12, 2000 · NWS VEF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, San Bernardino County Deserts

When: February 12, 12:00 AM PST to 10:00 AM PST
Where: San Bernardino County Deserts forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

A strong low pressure system over central California combined with high pressure over northern Baja created a tight pressure gradient over the deserts of southern California. Wind gusts 50 mph or greater were recorded at Horse Thief Springs (58 mph), Squaw Springs (55 mph) and Twentynine Palms (50 mph).

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

Every storm in California in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5134534.