High Wind, Motherlode/Camptonville to Groveland
- When
- February 3, 2:00 PM PST to 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Motherlode/Camptonville to Groveland forecast zone
- Measured
- 46 kt (53 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
High Wind in California, February 3, 2000
Nevada County Air Park reported a wind gust of 53 mph. In the Grass Valley area, 4,000 PG&E customers temporarily lost power due to downed trees.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS STO wrote it up.
Nevada County Air Park reported a wind gust of 53 mph. In the Grass Valley area, 4,000 PG&E customers temporarily lost power due to downed trees.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- High Wind in California, February 3, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, February 3 to 4, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, February 3 to 4, 2000
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, February 3 to 5, 2000
- Waterspouts in Florida, February 3, 2000
- High Wind in Washington, February 3, 2000
- High Wind in Washington, February 3, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Maryland, February 3, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Delaware, February 3, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, February 3 to 4, 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: 5132574.