1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Los Angeles, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 14, 2:30 PM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
230 PM PST FRI DEC 14 2001
FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS...THE MAIN STORY TONIGHT IS WIND. A 250 MB JET
OF 120-140 KNOTS WILL NOSE DOWN ACROSS THE MTNS OF SBA...VTU...AND LA
COUNTY MTNS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...AND COMBINED WITH
STRONG NORTHERLY PRESSURE GRADIENTS AND STRONG NEGATIVE VERTICAL
VELOCITIES...WILL PRODUCE VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE MTNS.
THEREFORE...ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE MTNS OF LA...VTU...SBA
AND SLO COUNTIES THIS MORNING. A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ADDED FOR
THE SBA SOUTH COAST AND WIND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ADDED FOR THE SANTA
MONICA MTNS...THE LA COUNTY VALLEYS THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY AND EVEN
CATALINA ISLAND THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ADVISORIES HAVE ALSO BEEN
ADDED FOR THE VENTURA COAST AND VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND
ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE ANTELOPE VALLEY. FOR THOSE KEEPING
SCORE...ONLY THE LA COAST AND THE CUYAMA VALLEY HAVE ESCAPED ANY
ADVISORIES...SO FAR. A PERFECT SIMULATION OF GONE WITH THE WIND...
THE WINDS IN THE COASTAL WATERS HAVE ALSO BECOME VERY STRONG AND A GALE
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OUTER WATERS AND A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
IS IN EFFECT FOR THE INNER WATERS. THESE WINDS ALONG WITH A LARGE
NORTHWEST SWELL ARE STIRRING UP THE OCEAN TO CREATE HEAVY SURF OF 10 TO
12 FEET FROM POINT PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO POINT CONCEPTION. WEST FACING
BEACHES SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION WILL SEE ABOVE NORMAL SURF OF 4 TO
5 FEET.
THE STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE MTNS WILL STEADILY DECREASE ON SATURDAY
AND WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES WILL DROP AWAY. HOWEVER...WILL NEED TO
MONITOR THE STRENGTH OF THE WINDS AS THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS
SHIFT AROUND TO THE NORTHEAST BY MIDDAY SATURDAY AND CONTINUE INTO
SUNDAY MORNING...ALBEIT WEAKER BY SUNDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL
RECOVER SOME OVER THE WEEKEND.
FOR THE EXTENDED...ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN NORTH OF POINT CONCEPTION
WILL ACCOMPANY A FAIRLY WEAK SYSTEM TUE WITH ANOTHER SYSTEM
POSSIBLE BY THU.
LAX 0000. SWEET.
.LOX...HIGH WIND WARNING/WIND ADVISORY (SEE LAXNPWLAX).
GALE WARNING (SEE LAXCWFLAX).
HEAVY SURF ADVISORY (SEE LAXMWSLAX).1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
West winds of 25 to 35 mph with local gusts to 52 mph knocked down some small trees and power lines in the community of Sylmar.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in California, December 2001
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: 5273932.