High Wind, Owens Valley
- When
- January 21, 5:42 AM PST
- Where
- Owens Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- RAWS
A wind gust of 63 mph was recorded at Oak Creek RAWS.
High Wind in California, January 21, 2019
Strong pre frontal winds were locally enhanced by mountain waves, producing isolated high winds.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Strong pre frontal winds were locally enhanced by mountain waves, producing isolated high winds.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Cadiz Basin
- When
- January 21, 7:10 AM PST to 7:20 AM PST
- Where
- Cadiz Basin forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 34.841, -116.178 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind gusts to 59 mph were recorded at an automated site at Old Woman Mountain.
High Wind, Morongo Basin
- When
- January 21, 10:50 AM PST to 10:55 AM PST
- Where
- Morongo Basin forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 34.841, -116.178 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind gusts of 58 mph were recorded at a home in Joshua Tree.
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
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, January 21, 2019
- Avalanche in Colorado, January 21, 2019
- Winter Weather in Missouri, January 21, 2019
- Winter Weather in Kansas, January 21, 2019
- Strong Wind in New York, January 21, 2019
- Extreme Cold and Cold in Virginia, January 21, 2019
- Extreme Cold and Cold in Maryland, January 21, 2019
- High Wind in New York, January 21, 2019
- Winter Storm and High Wind in Utah, January 21 to 22, 2019
- Extreme Cold and Cold in West Virginia, January 21, 2019
- Winter Weather in Colorado, January 21 to 22, 2019
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, January 21 to 22, 2019
More
Every storm in California in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 2019
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: 811600, 811603, 811601.