High Wind, Indian Wells Vly
- When
- February 6, 12:00 PM PST to February 7, 4:00 AM PST
- Where
- Indian Wells Vly forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in California, February 6 to 7, 2001
Mojave Airport gusted to 58 MPH at 1300 PST on the 6th with Indian Wells Canyon around Inyokern climbing to 53 MPH at mid-day and Walker Pass, east of Lake Isabella, having gusts to 58 MPH near the same time.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 HNX wrote it up.
Mojave Airport gusted to 58 MPH at 1300 PST on the 6th with Indian Wells Canyon around Inyokern climbing to 53 MPH at mid-day and Walker Pass, east of Lake Isabella, having gusts to 58 MPH near the same time.
What forecasters said that day
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 Hanford, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 6, 9:00 AM PST, 3 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 9:00 AM PST, 3 hours before
INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION...ADDED ADVISORIES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
900 AM PST TUE FEB 6 2001
AREAS OF DENSE FOG CONT IN PARTS OF THE VALLEY NORTH OF KERN CO AND
UPDATED EARLIER TO EXTEND ADVISORY. OTHERWISE...UPPER TROF
APPROACHING THE REGION...WITH AXIS FCST TO MOVE THRU THIS EVE.
STRONG SUBSIDENCE AND LOW AND MID LEVEL COUPLING TO KICK UP THE
WINDS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. FRONT WILL BE DRY FOR THE VALLEY...
BUT STRONG DYNAMICS MAY PRODUCE A FEW SHOWERS IN THE MTNS. SNOW
LEVELS NEAR 3K...BUT DUE TO SPOTTY NATURE OF ANY PRECIP...LITTLE
ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. NO NEW MODEL DATA...SO NO CHANGES TO FCSTS.
FAT 0-0 BFL 000 YNP 240
.HNX...DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY THROUGH 800 AM THIS MORNING.
...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...AND
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN S3IERRA NEVADA THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Se Kern Cty Desert
- When
- February 6, 1:00 PM PST to February 7, 10:00 AM PST
- Where
- Se Kern Cty Desert forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Kern Cty Mtns
- When
- February 6, 2:00 PM PST to February 7, 10:00 AM PST
- Where
- Kern Cty Mtns forecast zone
- 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
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 6, 2001
- Avalanche in Wyoming, February 6, 2001
- High Wind in California, February 6, 2001
- High Wind in California, February 6 to 7, 2001
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, February 6 to 8, 2001
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, February 6 to 7, 2001
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, February 6 to 7, 2001
- Dense Fog in California, February 6, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, February 6, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 6, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 6 to 7, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 6, 2001
More
Every storm in California in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 2001
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: 5233039, 5233040, 5233038.