California, 2000

High Wind in California, January 11, 2000

January 11, 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, Owens Valley

When
January 11, 1:01 PM PST
Where
Owens Valley forecast zone
Measured
67 kt (77 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER

Strong west winds developed over the southern Sierra as a Pacific Storm moved across northern Nevada. A weather spotter in Aspendell reported high winds with a peak gust of 77 mph recorded on his home weather station. No damage was reported.

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

More

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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: 5131547.