High Wind, Kern Cty Mtns
- When
- October 9, 8:27 AM PST
- Where
- Kern Cty Mtns forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- RAWS
The Bird Springs Pass RAWS reported a maximum wind gust of 60 mph.
High Wind in California, October 9, 2017
An upper trough deepened over the Pacific Northwest on October 7 then dropped into the Great Basin on October 8 and 9. This resulted in an increased offshore pressure gradients which produced moderate gusty northeast winds across the Kern County Deserts as well as gusty downslope winds in the south San Joaquin Valley and below the Tehachapi and Grapevine passes in the Kern County Mountains…
The toll
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS HNX wrote it up.
An upper trough deepened over the Pacific Northwest on October 7 then dropped into the Great Basin on October 8 and 9. This resulted in an increased offshore pressure gradients which produced moderate gusty northeast winds across the Kern County Deserts as well as gusty downslope winds in the south San Joaquin Valley and below the Tehachapi and Grapevine passes in the Kern County Mountains during the morning and early afternoon hours on October 9. Wind advisories were issued well in advance of this event as holiday travel on State Route 58 and Interstate 5 were impacted during the Columbus Day Holiday, and there were several reports of gusts exceeding 35 mph in the impacted areas.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
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- Strong Wind in Virginia, October 9, 2017
- Lightning Strike in Kansas, October 9, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, October 9, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, October 9, 2017
- Winter Weather in Colorado, October 9, 2017
- High Wind in California, October 9, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, October 9, 2017
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, October 9, 2017
- Frost and Freeze in Colorado, October 9 to 10, 2017
- Frost and Freeze in Texas, October 9 to 10, 2017
- High Wind in New Mexico, October 9, 2017
More
Every storm in California in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in California, October 2017
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 720893.