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 Hanford, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 28, 8:20 PM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 820 PM PST WED MAR 28 2001 STRONG NORTHWEST GRADIENT CONTINUES THIS EVENING OVER THE FORECAST AREA AND STRONG WINDS CONTINUE OVER THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS AND IN THE MOJAVE AREA. LATEST SURFACE REPORTS INDICATE GUSTS TO OVER 50 MPH STILL HAPPENING. OVER THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...LOS BANOS STILL HAS THE STRONGEST WINDS WITH A GUST OR TWO TO 20 MPH. MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS HAVE SEEN THE WINDS SUBSIDE. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS AN INCREASE IN LOW CLOUDS OVER THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW. DRY SHORTWAVE NOTED ON THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY NOW MOVING INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THE LATEST MODELS RACE THIS FEATURE INTO SOUTHERN UTAH BY MID MORNING ON THURSDAY. AS THIS SHORTWAVE MOVES PAST THE AREA...EXPECT WINDS TO REMAIN UP IN THE CURRENT WINDY AREAS. 00Z NGM GUIDANCE SUGGESTS YET ANOTHER WINDY DAY OVER THE KERN DESERTS. WILL NEED TO UPDATE THE FORECASTS ACCORDINGLY FOR BOTH THE WIND AND ADDITIONAL CLOUDS IN THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS. NOT MUCH CHANGE TO THE PATTERN NOTED ON THE EVENING FORECAST MODELS AS NORTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES INTO FRIDAY. ONLY CHANGE IS A SLOW INCREASE IN HEIGHTS AND AN END TO SEEMINGLY ENDLESS PARADE OF SHORT-WAVES INTO THE GREAT BASIN. REST OF FORECAST ON TRACK. .HNX...NONE. DUDLEY
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Extremely localized wind up to 63 knots was reported at the Mojave Airport in the Kern County desert.
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, March 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: 5237959.