From November 28th to November 30th, strong Santa Ana winds buffeted portions of Southern California. The strongest north to northeast winds occurred across Ventura and Los Angeles counties.
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 episode as NWS LOX wrote it up.
From November 28th to November 30th, strong Santa Ana winds buffeted portions of Southern California. The strongest north to northeast winds occurred across Ventura and Los Angeles counties. Scattered power outages were reported as the winds knocked down power lines in several areas.
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 Los Angeles, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 29, 3:55 AM PST, 41 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 355 AM PST WED NOV 29 2006 .SHORT TERM... EVERYTHING IS ON TRACK FOR THE COLD WIND EVENT NOW GETTING STARTED IN THE MOUNTAINS WHERE GUSTS OF 62 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED NEAR TEJON PASS. LATER ON THIS MORNING THE WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTHEAST AND A PROPER SANTA ANA WILL START. DAG GRAD WILL BE NEAR -5 THIS MORNING AND NEAR -8 THURSDAY MORNING. BOTH GFS AND WRF SHOW BEST COLD AIR ADVECTION TONIGHT SO WENT AHEAD AND ISSUED ADVISORIES FOR THE VLYS AND VTA COAST TODAY AND KEPT THE WIND WATCH GOING FOR THURSDAY. SUNDOWNER WILL WRAP UP AROUND SUNRISE AND 700 CNX TIME SEEMS GOOD. THKNS AND BL TEMPS CHANGES LITTLE FROM YDY AND EXPECT TEMPS VERY SIMILAR TO YDYS VALUES. NON WINDY AREAS...ANTELOPE VLY...CUYAMA VLY...INTERIOR SLO...AND SANTA YNEZ VALLEY WILL LIKELY HAVE A HARD FREEZE TONIGHT AND ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING. IN FACT ANTELOPE VLY TEMPS WILL COLLAPSE INTO THE LOWER TO MID TEENS. SOUTH COAST OF SBA COUNTY OJAI VLY COULD FREEZE BUT MDL GUIDANCE HAS BEEN FLIPPY FLOPPY ON THESE TEMPS AND KEPT THE FREEZE WATCH BUT HAVE PASSED THE BUCK FOR THE WARNING TRIGGER PULLING TO THE DAY SHIFT. DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT WILL BE AS COLD AS THOUGHT OVER THE CENTRAL COAST AND HAVE ONLY ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY THERE. THURSDAY WILL BE RIP ROARING WINDY IN THE MORNING AS THE BULK OF THE COLD AIR MOVES IN BUT THERMAL AND PRESSURE SUPPORT DIMINISH IN THE AFTERNOON AND THE WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE. COLD AIR ADVECTION AND COMPRESSIONAL HEATING WILL WORK AGAINST EACH OTHER AND TEMPS WILL BE QUITE SIMILAR TO TODAY. THE SANTA ANA CONTINUES FRIDAY ALBEIT IN A WEAKER MANOR. SOME ADVISORIES MAY STILL BE NEEDED IN THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS BUT IT WILL BE NOTHING LIKE THURSDAY. HGTS RISE AND OFFSHORE FLOW CONTINUES SO EXPECT A 4 TO 5 DEGREE WARM UP COAST AND VALLEYS ABOUT 2 DEGREES IN THE INTERIOR. THE WINDS WILL ALSO BRING VERY DRY CONDITIONS TO THE AREA AND COMBINED TOGETHER WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS PROMPTING THE ISSUANCE OF A RED FLAG WARNING. .LONG TERM... WRF INDICATING ANOTHER STRONG SANTA ANA SATURDAY MORNING BUT WITH NO COLD AIR DO NOT THINK IT WILL BE AS STRONG AS WRF WOULD HAVE US BELIEVE. CONTINUED GREAT BASIN HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP SKIES SUNNY THROUGH THE PERIOD. MORNING OFFSHORE WINDS EVERYDAY. TEMPS WILL RISE TO NEAR NORMALS. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE THE PERIOD EXCEPT ALONG THE NORTHERN SLOPES OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS. STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AS THE SURFACE PRESSURE AND THERMAL GRADIENTS TIGHTEN. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR THROUGH 16Z IN KSBA...BUT LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR ISSUES COULD STILL EXIST THIS EVENING AS KVNY AND KBUR BEFORE SANTA ANA WINDS MIX DOWN. NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASED A BIT THIS MORNING AT KLAX...BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN AND WILL DIMINISH AS THE SUN RISES. NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS FLOW PATTERN IS MORE FAVORABLE...BUT AT THE CURRENT TIME THERE STRENGTH IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE MORE THAN 10 KNOTS. && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING (SEE LAXNPWLOX). RED FLAG WARNING (SEE LAXRFWLOX). FREEZE WARNING (SEE LAXNPWLOX). HIGH WIND WATCH (SEE LAXNPWLOX). WIND ADVISORY (SEE LAXNPWLOX). FROST ADVISORY (SEE LAXNPWLOX). SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXCWFLOX). && PUBLIC...RORKE AVIATION...HALL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 937 PM PST TUE NOV 28 2006 CAZ034>041-044>047-051>054-059-087-088-291400- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-SANTA YNEZ VALLEY- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 947 PM PST TUE NOV 28 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TONIGHT STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW OVER THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OVER PORTIONS OF THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA...LOS ANGELES...AND VENTURA COUNTIES. * HIGH WIND WARNING..........SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KLOX - SPSLOX FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY STRONG AND GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION. THESE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY CONDITIONS TO CREATE SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITONS OVER THE AREA. DANGEROUS WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 55 AND 70 MPH COULD BE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S SHOULD AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL COAST AND SANTA YNEZ VALLEY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AS THESE AREAS WILL REMAIN SHELTERED FROM THE FLOW PATTERN. * HIGH WIND WARNING..........SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * RED FLAG WARNING...........SEE WWUS86 KLOX - RFWLOX FOR DETAILS * * FREEZE WATCH.............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * HIGH WIND WATCH............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KLOX - SPSLOX FOR DETAILS * .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. HALL
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Malibu Hills RAWS sensor reported wind gusts to 64 MPH.
Wiley Ridge RAWS sensor reported winds gusting to 69 MPH.
Cheeseboro RAWS sensor reported winds gusting to 61 MPH.
The Camp Nine RAWS sensor reported winds gusts to 68 MPH.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in California, November 2006
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: 5381, 5383, 5384, 5382.