Strong Wind in California, October 5, 2011

Name: Strong Wind in California, October 5, 2011
Start: 2011-10-05T10:10
End: 2011-10-05T20:10
Location: California

October 5, 2011 · NWS VEF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A cold storm moved from the Gulf of Alaska through the Mojave Desert and southern Great Basin, bringing thunderstorms and strong winds, with spotty damage reported. Heavy snow also likely fell on the unpopulated high mountain peaks.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $2,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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 VEF wrote it up.

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 Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 4, 1:56 PM PST, 20 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 4, 1:56 PM PST, 20 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 4, 1:28 PM PST, 20 hours 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
228 PM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011

CAZ519-050700-
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-
228 PM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
OF THE EASTERN SIERRA LATE TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN
EFFECT BEGINNING AT 5 AM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY...AND THE WINTER STORM
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS
MAY LINGER THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS
EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER REPORTS OF SNOW AND WIND WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.

AZZ001-003-036-NVZ016-021-050700-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-
228 PM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011 /228 PM MST TUE OCT 4 2011/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
ARIZONA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PERSIST THROUGH
THIS EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT RAIN IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY EVENING...ALONG WITH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS. SHOWERS MAY
LINGER THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED
FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN OR FLOODING WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH
THIS EVENING...AND POSSIBLY AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY.

CAZ522-523-NVZ017-050700-
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-
228 PM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA AND
SOUTHERN NEVADA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY...AND A WIND
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM. SIGNIFICANT RAIN IS ALSO
POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY...AND SHOWERS MAY LINGER THROUGH THURSDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER REPORTS OF WIND OR HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NEEDED ON WEDNESDAY.

NVZ015-050700-
LINCOLN COUNTY-
228 PM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
NEVADA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED THIS
EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY...AND A WIND ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM. SIGNIFICANT RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON
WEDNESDAY...AND SHOWERS MAY LINGER THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN OR FLOODING WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...AND REPORTS OF WIND WILL ALSO BE NEEDED ON WEDNESDAY.

AZZ002-CAZ520-521-524>527-NVZ014-018>020-022-050700-
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-OWENS VALLEY-
WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-
UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-
SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
228 PM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011 /228 PM MST TUE OCT 4 2011/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
ARIZONA...CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A COLD STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING BREEZY CONDITIONS ALONG WITH VALLEY
RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WEDNESDAY. SHOWERS MAY LINGER INTO
THURSDAY...THEN NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH
MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ACCORDING TO STANDARD
OPERATING PROCEDURES.

MORGAN

The radar

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Event by event

1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Strong Wind, Morongo Basin

When: October 5, 10:10 AM PST to 8:10 PM PST
Where: Morongo Basin forecast zone
Measured: 48 kt (55 mph) measured gust
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 34.841, -116.178 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

One spotter in the Yucca Valley area reported three-inch diameter trees blown down with visibility 40-50 yards in blowing dust, a spotter in Landers measured a wind gust to 55 mph with significant blowing dust, and the public reported that an aluminum shed was blown over in Yucca Valley.

What these are

Strong Wind: Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in California in 2011 Every state in 2011 This day in weather history Warnings in California, October 2011

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: 344379.