High Wind in California, April 14 to 16, 2002

Name: High Wind in California, April 14 to 16, 2002
Start: 2002-04-14T20:21
End: 2002-04-16T03:00
Location: California

April 14 to 16, 2002 · NWS HNX · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

5 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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 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 Apr 14, 8:15 PM PST, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 8:15 PM PST, 6 minutes before

INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
915 PM PDT SUN APR 14 2002

VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE OFF THE NORCAL COAST WAS DIGGING SE THIS EVE WITH
WINDS INCREASING AS CAA COMMENCES IN THE CWA. HIGH-RES GUIDANCE
INDICATES IMPRESSIVE TIGHTENING OF MID-UPPER LEVEL GRADS BY 12Z MON
AS VORT APPROACHES THE SRN SAC VALLEY. HAVE THEREFORE EXTENDED WADS
TO INCLUDE HIER ELEVS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA FOR TONIGHT...AND
INTRODUCED VERY LOW POPS GIVEN STRENGTH OF DYNAMICS AND MESO-ETA
INDICATIONS OF LAYER BECOMING SATURATED AROUND H7.

OTHERWISE...REMAINDER OF ZFP REMAINS ON TRACK AND NO FURTHER UPDATES
ARE REQUIRED AT THIS TIME.

.HNX...WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA ABOVE
       4000 FEET FROM YOSEMITE TO THE KERN COUNTY LINE.
    ...WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT AND MONDAY FOR THE KERN COUNTY
       MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS.

JSN

Event by event

5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Tulare Cty Mtns

When: April 14, 8:21 PM PST to April 15, 8:00 PM PST
Where: Tulare Cty Mtns forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

High Wind, S Sierra Mtns

When: April 14, 9:00 PM PST to April 15, 8:00 PM PST
Where: S Sierra Mtns forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

High Wind, Indian Wells Vly

When: April 15, 5:17 AM PST to April 16, 3:00 AM PST
Where: Indian Wells Vly forecast zone
Measured: 66 kt (76 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

High Wind, Se Kern Cty Desert

When: April 15, 5:17 AM PST to April 16, 3:00 AM PST
Where: Se Kern Cty Desert forecast zone
Measured: 90 kt (104 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

High Wind, Kern Cty Mtns

When: April 15, 5:35 AM PST to April 16, 3:00 AM PST
Where: Kern Cty Mtns forecast zone
Measured: 71 kt (82 mph)
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

Every storm in California in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in California, April 2002

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: 5289628, 5289627, 5289626, 5289629, 5289625.