California, 2000

High Wind in California, January 30, 2000

January 30, 2000 · NWS STO · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

South winds exceeded 40 mph across the central and southern Sacramento Valley. PG&E reported that nearly 19,000 customers were affected by temporary outages.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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.

South winds exceeded 40 mph across the central and southern Sacramento Valley. PG&E reported that nearly 19,000 customers were affected by temporary outages.

Event by event

2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, C & E Glenn/Colusa T X W/N Sutter/Sw Yuba/Butte T X E

When
January 30, 4:00 AM PST to 4:00 PM PST
Where
C & E Glenn/Colusa T X W/N Sutter/Sw Yuba/Butte T X E forecast zone
Measured
35 kt (40 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

High Wind, Yolo T W/Ne Solano/Sacramento T X Sw/X W Placer/X W Amador/S Sutter

When
January 30, 4:00 AM PST to 4:00 PM PST
Where
Yolo T W/Ne Solano/Sacramento T X Sw/X W Placer/X W Amador/S Sutter forecast zone
Measured
37 kt (43 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

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: 5131111, 5131112.