California, 2001

High Wind in California, November 24, 2001

November 24, 2001 · NWS SGX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Billboard blown down south of Victorville. Roofs of several mobile homes were ripped off in Phelan.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$100,000
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.

Billboard blown down south of Victorville. Roofs of several mobile homes were ripped off in Phelan.

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 San Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 24, 9:30 AM PST, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 24, 9:30 AM PST, 1 hour before
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
930 AM PST SAT NOV 24 2001

.SYNOPSIS...A PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING RAIN AND AREAS OF STRONG
WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER SOME OF THE
HIGHER MOUNTAINS...MAINLY TOWARDS SUNDAY MORNING. THIS STORM WILL
MOVE EAST SUNDAY AND BRING AN END TO THE PRECIPITATION. ANOTHER
STORM PASSING BY TO THE NORTH MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY WILL BRING A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

.DISCUSSION...KSOX RADAR INDICATES THAT A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS ARE
ALREADY MOVING INTO PARTS OF ORANGE COUNTY AND THE SBD
MOUNTAINS...AND A CALL FROM FOREST FALLS INDICATES THE SAME THING.
SO...THE FORECAST WILL BE UPDATED SHORTLY TO INCREASE POPS FOR THIS
AFTERNOON. WITH THE 100 KNOT JET JUST TO OUR NW...THE PROGRESSION OF
RAIN WILL SLOW DOWN LESS THAN NORMAL OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AT
THE SAME TIME...THIS WILL MEAN THAT THE RAIN WILL END SOONER THAN
PREVIOUSLY FORECAST...WITH VERY LITTLE RAIN EXPECTED...IF
ANY...AFTER SUNRISE SUNDAY.

MOUNTAIN WAVE CLOUDS ARE ALREADY QUITE EVIDENT ON SATELLITE...SO
WINDS SHOULD INCREASE BY THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE MTNS/DESERTS. WE
ALREADY GOT A CALLER REPORTING GUSTS TO 34 MPH IN HESPERIA. IVORYS
WIND PROGRAM INDICATES A FEW GUSTS POSSIBLE OF 60 MPH OR MORE THIS
EVENING...SO I WILL WATCH THIS CLOSELY AND MIGHT UPGRADE THE WIND
ADVISORY TO A HIGH WIND WARNING LATER.

THE MODELS ARE TRENDING TOWARDS SHOWERS FOR MONDAY
NIGHT/TUESDAY...THOUGH THE MORE INLAND NW-SE TRACK MAY MAKE THIS
MORE OF A CONVECTIVE SHOWER EVENT.

THE ZONE UPDATE WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.

.SAN...WIND ADVISORY MTNS AND DESERTS UNTIL 3 AM PST...SEE LAXNPWSAN
       SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SEE LAXSPSSAN.

MAXWELL

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Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Apple and Yucca Valleys

When
November 24, 10:30 AM PST to 10:22 PM PST
Where
Apple and Yucca Valleys forecast zone
Measured
58 kt (67 mph)
Property damage
$100,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
34.841, -116.178 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

High Wind
Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or 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: 5272537.