California, 2015High Wind in California, October 30, 2015
October 30, 2015 · NWS SGX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
Surface high pressure over the great basin forced Santa Ana Winds, with the strongest winds occurring in the Santa Ana Mountains.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
Surface high pressure over the great basin forced Santa Ana Winds, with the strongest winds occurring in the Santa Ana Mountains.
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 Oct 29, 2:06 PM PST, 13 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 29, 2:06 PM PST, 13 hours 54 minutes before
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</html>High Wind, Santa Ana Mountains and Foothills
- When
- October 30, 4:00 AM PST to 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Santa Ana Mountains and Foothills forecast zone
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 33.483, -116.847 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The Santiago Peak mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 71 mph between 530PST and 600PST with sustained winds near or above 50 mph between 400PST and 730PST.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, October 30 to 31, 20155 deaths · $26 million · EF2 · 38 events
- Tornadoes in Texas, October 30, 20151 injured · $100,000 · EF1 · 2 events
- Flash Flooding in Texas, October 30 to 31, 2015$65,000 · 26 events
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in Texas, October 30, 2015$110,000 · 2 events
- Flash Flood and Flood in Texas, October 30 to 31, 2015$50,000 · 2 events
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, October 30, 201519 events
- High Wind in Montana, October 30, 201565 kt wind · 5 events
- Damaging Winds in Texas, October 30, 201553 kt wind · 4 events
- High Wind in California, October 30, 201555 kt wind · 2 events
- High Wind in Wyoming, October 30 to 31, 201577 kt wind · 2 events
- Winter Weather in Colorado, October 30, 20151 event
- Funnel Cloud in Arizona, October 30, 20151 event
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: 605184.