Strong Wind, Indian Wells Vly
- When
- March 25, 3:45 AM PST to March 26, 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Indian Wells Vly forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph) measured gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Heavy Snow and Strong Wind in California, March 25 to 26, 2004
A late March frontal passage brought short-duration heavy snow to the higher elevations of the Southern Sierra Nevada along with gusty wind conditions to the Kern County Mountain and Desert areas.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- 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.
A late March frontal passage brought short-duration heavy snow to the higher elevations of the Southern Sierra Nevada along with gusty wind conditions to the Kern County Mountain and Desert areas.
Event by event
3 strong wind, 1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong Wind, Se Kern Cty Desert
- When
- March 25, 4:25 AM PST to March 26, 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Se Kern Cty Desert forecast zone
- Measured
- 44 kt (51 mph) measured gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Heavy Snow, S Sierra Mtns
- When
- March 25, 11:00 PM PST to March 26, 6:00 AM PST
- Where
- S Sierra Mtns forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Strong Wind, Kern Cty Mtns
- When
- March 25, 11:56 PM PST to March 26, 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Kern Cty Mtns forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
What these are
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire in California, March 25 to 28, 2004
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, March 25, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, March 25, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 25, 2004
- Hail in Minnesota, March 25, 2004
- High Wind in Oregon, March 25, 2004
- Hail in Minnesota, March 25, 2004
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, March 25, 2004
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, March 25, 2004
- Hail in Minnesota, March 25, 2004
- Hail in Texas, March 25, 2004
- High Wind in Nevada, March 25, 2004
More
Every storm in California in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in California, March 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5384875, 5384876, 5384878, 5384877.