High Wind, Sw Sj Valley
- When
- February 3, 11:30 AM PST to 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Sw Sj Valley forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in California, February 3, 2000
Infrequent gusty wind occurred on this date in Central California. Tehachapi and Frazier Park in the Kern County Mountains reported gusts of 45 knots.
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 4
- Property damage
- $100,000
- 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.
Infrequent gusty wind occurred on this date in Central California. Tehachapi and Frazier Park in the Kern County Mountains reported gusts of 45 knots. Bakersfield had gusts to 36 knots and Lemoore had sustained wind at 21 knots on the South San Joaquin Valley floor. Over 4500 power company customers in the South San Joaquin Valley lost power due to downed trees from Bakersfield to Taft along with several weather-related vehicle accidents ... including one with a fatality due to areas of blowing dust 5 mi SE of Shafter that lowered visiblity to near zero at 1220 PST.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Se Sj Valley
- When
- February 3, 11:30 AM PST to 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Se Sj Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Kern Cty Mtns
- When
- February 3, 11:30 AM PST to 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Kern Cty Mtns forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Wind, Sw Sj Valley | 2000-02-03 | 73 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
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
- 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
- High Wind in California, February 3, 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: 5135447, 5135448, 5135449.