1 strong wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 29, 3:45 AM PST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 345 AM PST MON NOV 29 2004 .SYNOPSIS...A STRONG...COLD SANTA ANA WIND EVENT WILL CONTINUE TODAY DUE TO STRONG SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS MORNING. NIGHTS WILL BE QUITE COLD WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW FREEZING IN THE WIND SHELTERED VALLEYS AND DESERTS THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. && STRONG WIND EVENT DEVLOPING AS EXPECTED AS A 1040 MB HIGH SETTLES OVER THE PLATEAU. NE WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AT ONTARIO... MILL CREEK...EL CARISO...AND IN OTHER WIND PRONE AREAS SO FAR THIS EARLY MORNING. BUT GRADIENTS FALL OFF RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EXPECT EVENT TO END BY 600 PM THIS EVENING IF NOT EARLIER. VERY COLD AIR MASS WITH 1000-850 MB THICKNESS NEAR 1300 DM THIS MORNING... WARMING SLIGHTLY TO 1310 TUESDAY MORNING. BUT WITH LIGHT WIND AND CLEAR SKIES...A FROST ADVISORY IS CERTAINLY NEEDED FOR THE VALLEYS FOR TONIGHT. STILL WARMER WITH 1320 WED MORNING...AND ALSO WINDY DUE TO ANOTHER 1035 MB HIGH BUILDING INTO THE PLATEAU. SO FROST STILL POSSIBLE TUE NIGHT...BUT MORE ISOLATED. MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY WITH COLD NIGHTS AND LOCALLY WINDY MORNINGS. HIGHS WILL BE MOSTLY IN THE 60S IN THE VALLEYS AND LOWER DESERTS THIS WEEK...40S AT RESORT LEVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND 50S IN THE UPPER DESERTS. QUICK COLD FRONT HAS A SHOT OF BRINGING LIGHT SHOWERS SUN/MON...THEN SLOW WARMING AFTER THAT. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING FOR ALL MOUNTAINS...INLAND EMPIRE...COACHELLA VALLEY AND WIND ADVISORIES FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS FROM UNTIL 600 PM...SEE LAXNPWSGX. FROST ADVISORY FOR THE INLAND VALLEYS AND COACHELLA VALLEY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...SEE LAXNPWSGX. && MACKECHNIE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 700 PM PST SUN NOV 28 2004 CAZ042-043-048-050-055-056-057-058-060-061-062-301400- 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 LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 700 PM PST SUN NOV 28 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR .REST OF TONIGHT. MOSTLY CLEAR AND COLD NIGHTS WITH DECREASING WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BELOW FREEZING MINIMUM TEMPERATURES THAT WILL REQUIRE FROST PROTECTION OF SENSITIVE CROPS AND PLANTS. THESE COLD NIGHTS COULD BE HAZARDOUS TO PEOPLE EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME ANYWHERE IN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. FROST ADVISORIES REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE INLAND VALLEYS AND SOUTHERN DESERTS TONIGHT...SEE LAXNPWSGX. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE FROST ADVISORY FOR THE INLAND VALLEYS AND SOUTHERN DESERTS CONTINUES INTO TUESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...SEE LAXNPWSGX. ATKIN/WHITLOW
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Gusty winds toppled a traffic light. Nearby, the Rialto heliport reported a wind gust to 40 mph .
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5426169.