High Wind, Kern Cty Mtns
- When
- November 22, 4:53 AM PST to 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Kern Cty Mtns forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in California, November 22, 2001
Gusty wind swept over the Tulare County and Kern County mountains with wind speeds reaching warning levels in the Kern County Deserts on the 22nd. Inyokern and Mojave had wind gusts to 70 Kts but Indian Wells Canyon just west of Inyokern had speeds reaching close to 100 Kts and Government Peak between Inyokern and Mojave near 80 Kts.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $400,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Gusty wind swept over the Tulare County and Kern County mountains with wind speeds reaching warning levels in the Kern County Deserts on the 22nd. Inyokern and Mojave had wind gusts to 70 Kts but Indian Wells Canyon just west of Inyokern had speeds reaching close to 100 Kts and Government Peak between Inyokern and Mojave near 80 Kts. Highway Patrol reported power lines down across roads around Inyokern and a tractor-trailer blown over near State Highway 14 and Highway 395 intersection. In California City roofs were damaged, windows broke, and signs were downed by the high wind. High wind also damaged car windows along with visibilities lowered in blowing dust on Highway 58 east of Mojave.
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 Nov 22, 2:20 AM PST, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 22, 2:20 AM PST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
220 AM PST THU NOV 22 2001
STRONG UPPER JET NOSING INTO THE REGION THIS MORNING AS WEAKENING
FRONT SAGS SOUTH. STILL SOME SHOWERS LINGERING FROM FRESNO CO NORTH
BEHIND FRONT...BUT THESE SHOULD BE GONE MID MORNING AND WILL BE
WINDING DOWN POPS. DRY ELSEWHERE. COOLER TODAY AS HEIGHTS FALL ON
THE ORDER OF 100 METERS. MESO ETA SHOWS THE SFO-LAS GRAD INCREASING
TO ABOUT 18 MB/S DURING THE DAY...WITH SOME STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS
DEVELOPING ACROSS THE KERN MTNS/DESERTS. GRADIENT DOESNT DECREASE A
WHOLE LOT UNTIL LATE EVENING...AND WILL ADJUST WORDING OF THE WIND
ADVISORY TO REFLECT THAT. PARTLY TO MOCLOUDY TONITE AND FRI AS
SATELLITE PIX SHOW A LOT OF MID AND HIGH CLOUDS ALONG AND SOUTH OF
THE UPPER JET. AS FOR THE FRI NITE AND SAT SYSTEM...LIKE THE FASTER
AVN SOLUTION...AND WILL HAVE INCREASING POPS NRN ZONES FRI NITE...
BECOMING LIKELY SAT EVERYWHERE. IF THE AVN.../AND NOW TO SOME EXTENT
THE MESO ETA/ VERIFIES...IT COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM SAT
FOR THE SRN SIERRA ABOVE 4-5K. HOWEVER...THAT STORM WILL BE A FAIRLY
FAST MOVER AND QPF TOTALS MAY NOT REACH WARNING CRITERIA. SHOULD SEE
PRECIP TAPER OFF SAT NITE AND END EARLY SUN. FROM SUN AND BEYOND...
FAST FLOW WILL CONT ACROSS THE EAST PAC INTO THE REGION. TIMING OF
INDIVIDUAL FEATURES IN THE FLOW WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE...AND WILL CONT
WITH BROAD BRUSH APPROACH OF A CHANCE OF SHOWERS EACH DAY SUN-WED.
ONLY SMALL DIURNAL AND DAY TO DAY CHANGES IN TEMPS THE NEXT 7 DAYS
AS CLOUDS AND PRECIP KEEP DAYTIME MAX/S DOWN AND MINS UP. BINGHAM
FAT 2-- BFL --- YNP 4--
.HNX...WIND ADVISORY THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE KERN COUNTY
MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS.In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 21, 10:58 PM PST, 5 hours 55 minutes before
CAZ089>099-221856- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA 1058 PM PST WED NOV 21 2001 ...WET WEATHER FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR OVER THE THANKSGIVING WEEKEND... THE SECOND OF A PAIR OF PACIFIC STORMS WILL BRING RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THIS SECOND STORM IS FORECAST TO BE STRONGER AND COLDER THAN THE CURRENT STORM MOVING THROUGH THE REGION. THIS NEXT STORM IS FORECAST TO REACH THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND SNOW EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS COULD FALL AS LOW AS 4000 FEET NEAR YOSEMITE...AND 5000 FEET IN THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS...AND WILL BE LOCALLY LOWER IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A SIGNIFICANT RAIN AND SNOW PRODUCER...AND HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD MONITOR LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS STORM SYSTEM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE... FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER PATTERN. OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/HANFORD. SANGER
Local storm report, Nov 22, 12:50 AM PST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1250 AM PST THU NOV 22 2001
TIME (PST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1000 AM RIDGECREST CA NON TSTM WIND
11/22/01 KERN 10 ROOFS WERE TORN OFF
BY STRONG WIND GUSTS.
END/MOLINAEvent by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Indian Wells Vly
- When
- November 22, 8:47 AM PST to 4:13 PM PST
- Where
- Indian Wells Vly forecast zone
- Measured
- 99 kt (114 mph)
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Se Kern Cty Desert
- When
- November 22, 10:46 AM PST to 4:13 PM PST
- Where
- Se Kern Cty Desert forecast zone
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Tulare Cty Mtns
- When
- November 22, 1:21 PM PST to 8:21 PM PST
- Where
- Tulare 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
- Winter Storm in Utah, November 22 to 23, 2001
- Winter Storm in Colorado, November 22 to 23, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Montana, November 22 to 23, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, November 22 to 25, 2001
- Dust Storm and Damaging Wind in California, November 22, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, November 22 to 23, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, November 22, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, November 22, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, November 22 to 23, 2001
- High Wind in Oregon, November 22, 2001
- Winter Storm in Utah, November 22 to 23, 2001
- Wildfire in Hawaii, November 22, 2001
More
Every storm in California in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in California, November 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: 5273474, 5273472, 5273473, 5273475.