High Wind in California, June 17, 2000

Name: High Wind in California, June 17, 2000
Start: 2000-06-17T10:30
End: 2000-06-17T20:00
Location: California

June 17, 2000 · NWS STO · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

The toll

Deaths: 1
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, S Solano/S Napa/X Sw Sacramento/Nw San Joaquin

When: June 17, 10:30 AM PST to 8:00 PM PST
Where: S Solano/S Napa/X Sw Sacramento/Nw San Joaquin forecast zone
Measured: 45 kt (52 mph)
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Sustained winds of 30-40 mph blew through the Carquinez Strait during the afternoon and early evening hours. A motorcyclist traveling on I-680 was pushed off the highway near Marshview Road by a stronger gust at approximately 5:25 pm and died of his injuries.

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, S Solano/S Napa/X Sw Sacramento/Nw San Joaquin	2000-06-17	38	Male	Outside/Open Areas	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

Every storm in California in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in California, June 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: 5150185.