High Wind, Tehachapi Area
- When
- October 17, 4:27 PM PST
- Where
- Tehachapi Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- RAWS
The Bird Springs Pass RAWS measured a peak wind gust of 69 mph.
High Wind in California, October 17, 2019
A slow warming trend took place across the area between October 12 and October 16 with high pressure in place along the west coast. The high broke down on October 17 as a dry cold front pushed through the area.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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.
A slow warming trend took place across the area between October 12 and October 16 with high pressure in place along the west coast. The high broke down on October 17 as a dry cold front pushed through the area. As the colder air pushed into the area during the afternoon and evening of October 17, strong winds impacted the mountains and deserts of Kern County with several stations reporting gusts exceeding 55 mph with a few stations topping out around 70 mph. The winds diminished during the morning of October 18 as the frontal system moved out of the area.
Event by event
11 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Lake Isabella
- When
- October 17, 5:00 PM PST
- Where
- Lake Isabella forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- RAWS
The Walker Pass RAWS measured a peak wind gust of 59 mph.
High Wind, Lake Isabella
- When
- October 17, 5:10 PM PST
- Where
- Lake Isabella forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- RAWS
The Bear Peak RAWS measured a peak wind gust of 61 mph.
High Wind, Indian Wells Valley
- When
- October 17, 5:20 PM PST
- Where
- Indian Wells Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Utility Company
The Southern California Edison station at Grapevine Canyon measured a peak wind gust of 58 mph.
High Wind, Indian Wells Valley
- When
- October 17, 6:26 PM PST
- Where
- Indian Wells Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- RAWS
The Indian Wells Canyon RAWS measured a peak wind gust of 72 mph.
High Wind, Tehachapi Area
- When
- October 17, 7:14 PM PST
- Where
- Tehachapi Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- RAWS
The Jawbone Canyon RAWS measured a peak wind gust of 70 mph.
High Wind, Lake Isabella
- When
- October 17, 7:32 PM PST
- Where
- Lake Isabella forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- RAWS
The Blue Max RAWS measured a peak wind gust of 60 mph.
High Wind, Kern County Desert
- When
- October 17, 8:50 PM PST
- Where
- Kern County Desert forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Utility Company
The Southern California Edison station at Little Oak Canyon measured a peak wind gust of 70 mph.
High Wind, Kern County Desert
- When
- October 17, 9:50 PM PST
- Where
- Kern County Desert forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Utility Company
The Southern California Edison station at Red Rock Canyon measured a peak wind gust of 58 mph.
High Wind, Kern County Desert
- When
- October 17, 9:55 PM PST
- Where
- Kern County Desert forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
The Union Pacific Railroad station at Mojave Warren Siding reported a peak wind gust of 58 mph.
High Wind, Kern County Desert
- When
- October 17, 10:00 PM PST
- Where
- Kern County Desert forecast zone
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS
The Mojave airport AWOS reported a peak wind gust of 66 mph.
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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More
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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: 851266, 851269, 851263, 851272, 851264, 851265, 851268, 851270, 851271, 851273, 851267.