High Wind, West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada
- When
- March 30, 10:00 PM PST to March 31, 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in California, March 30 to 31, 2000
Northeast to East downsloping winds accelerated to near 70 mph at Bald Mountain.
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.
Northeast to East downsloping winds accelerated to near 70 mph at Bald Mountain.
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
- Flash Flooding in Georgia, March 30, 2000
- Tornado in Georgia, March 30, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 30, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 30, 2000
- Tornado in Florida, March 30, 2000
- Tornado in Georgia, March 30, 2000
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 30 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 30 to 31, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Florida, March 30, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Georgia, March 30, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Utah, March 30, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 30 to 31, 2000
More
Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, March 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: 5132245.