High Wind in California, February 10, 2004

Name: High Wind in California, February 10, 2004
Start: 2004-02-10T01:00
End: 2004-02-10T06:26
Location: California

February 10, 2004 · NWS SGX · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $65,000
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 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 Feb 9, 8:30 PM PST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 8:30 PM PST, 4 hours 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO
830 PM PST MON FEB 9 2004

.SYNOPSIS...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL INCREASE OVER THE GREAT BASIN
AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS ALOFT WILL COMBINE TO CAUSE STRONG GUSTY
WINDS OVER MOST OF FAR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT. WINDS WILL
INCREASE TONIGHT WITH VERY STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AT TIMES THROUGH
THURSDAY. THE OFFSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK
WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS AT TIMES AND POSSIBLY STRONGER. HIGH PRESSURE
ALOFT WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA WITH VERY WARM TEMPERATURE BY THE
END OF THIS WEEK.

&&

.DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE...
SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTIES.

EVERYTHING IN PLACE FOR A STRONG BLOW TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST WED
MORNING. DECENT EXTENSION OF DOWNWARD VERTICAL VELOCITY BULLS EYE
OVER SOCAL TUE MORNING. ALONG WITH GOOD COLD ADVECTION AT MID
LEVELS...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS ALOFT AND STRONG OFFSHORE SURFACE
GRADIENTS. STRONG WINDS SHOULD BE RATHER WIDESPREAD BY TUE MORNING.
COULD SEE GUSTS NEAR 100 MPH BELOW CAJON PASS. WITH ALL THE DEAD
TREES AND BRUSH IN THE BURN AREAS...COULD BE A LOT OF DEBRIS IN THE
AIR AND ON THE GROUND ALONG WITH SOME TREES BEING BLOWN OVER. TROUGH
HANGS OVER SOCAL WITH UPPER LEVEL 556 LOW TUE MORNING. LOW AND
TROUGH DROP OUT OF SOCAL TUE WITH HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT INCREASING
THRU WED. ANOTHER TROUGH COMES IN THE BACK DOOR AND DROPS HEIGHTS
AND THICKNESS A BIT THU...WHICH BRINGS MORE COLD AIR INTO THE GREAT
BASIN AND REINFORCES THE SURFACE HIGH. APPEARS THERE COULD BE TWO
STRONG WIND EPISODES. THE FIRST...TONIGHT THROUGH WED MORNING. AVN
SHOWS WINDS DROPPING WAY OFF BY WED AFTERNOON AS WINDS ALOFT SHIFT
DIRECTION AND SPEEDS DROP OFF. ALSO THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
DECREASES TO VERY WEAK WITH AN ONSHORE FLOW DEVELOPING WED
AFTERNOON. SURFACE HIGH TO THE NORTHEAST INCREASES THURSDAY MORNING
FOR INCREASING OFFSHORE WINDS AGAIN AND BY THU NIGHT WINDS FORECAST
TO BE STRONG AGAIN THRU FRIDAY MORNING AS TROUGH BACKS OVER SOCAL
WITH INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS ALOFT. WINDS FORECAST TO
DECREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. BUT...BREEZY OR BETTER NORTHEAST WINDS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A SERIES OF SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEMS MOVE INTO GREAT BASIN. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT
INCREASES OVER SOCAL FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FOR VERY WARM TEMPERATURES.
THE HIGH IS FORECAST TO REMAIN ABOUT THE SAME EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORIES AND HIGH WIND WARNINGS...SEE LAXNPWSGX.
RED FLAG WARNING...SEE LAXRFWSGX.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...SEE LAXCWFSGX.

&&

WHITLOW

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 9, 9:40 PM PST, 3 hours 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
940 PM PST MON FEB 9 2004

CAZ042-043-048-050-055>058-060>062-101400-
ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
APPLE AND YUCCA VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
940 PM PST MON FEB 9 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE... TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT

WIND ADVISORY THROUGH 2 PM THURSDAY FOR
SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
APPLE AND YUCCA VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-

HIGH WIND WARNING THROUGH 2 PM THURSDAY FOR
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-

HIGH WIND WARNING THROUGH 2 PM THURSDAY FOR
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-
REFER TO LAXNPWSGX WWUS76 KSGX FOR DETAILS.

RED FLAG WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 2 PM FRIDAY FOR
STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
REFER TO LAXRFWSGX WWUS86 KSGX FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

POSSIBLE STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND FIRE WEATHER DANGER FOR
ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS ALOFT COMBINED WITH DEVELOPING HIGH
PRESSURE OVER THE INTERIOR WILL CAUSE STRONG GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS
AND INCREASED FIRE DANGER. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE
WIDESPREAD TONIGHT AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH TUESDAY. WINDS WILL
DECREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE THROUGH AND
BELOW MOUNTAIN CANYONS AND PASSES IN THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND
INLAND EMPIRE. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES.
THERE COULD ALSO BE TRAFFIC SIGNAL OUTAGES AND DAMAGED SIGNS. LOCAL
VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

ECC/MACKECHNIE/MOEDE

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Ne Orange

When: February 10, 1:00 AM PST to 3:00 AM PST
Where: Ne Orange forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 33.483, -116.847 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, W/S Orange

When: February 10, 1:30 AM PST
Where: W/S Orange forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

High Wind, X Sw San Bernardino

When: February 10, 6:26 AM PST
Where: X Sw San Bernardino forecast zone
Measured: 59 kt (68 mph) measured gust
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 34.293, -116.086 (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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in California in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in California, February 2004

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: 5394784, 5394786, 5394785.