Thunderstorm Wind, San Diego
- When
- September 7, 2:00 PM PST to 2:30 PM PST
- Where
- San Diego County, Borrego Spgs
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.028, -116.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Damaging Wind in California, September 7, 2000
A downdraft from a thunderstorm ripped off an attached porch and the roof of a mobile home, tossed a television satellite antenna dish into a tree, and snapped two power poles.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- 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 SGX wrote it up.
A downdraft from a thunderstorm ripped off an attached porch and the roof of a mobile home, tossed a television satellite antenna dish into a tree, and snapped two power poles.
The radar
The San Diego radar (KNKX), 28 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:02 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Waterspout in Florida, September 7, 2000
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- Funnel Cloud in Florida, September 7, 2000
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- Funnel Cloud in California, September 7, 2000
- Dust Devil in New Mexico, September 7, 2000
- Flood in Florida, September 7, 2000
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: 5156468.