High Wind in California, January 14, 2022

Name: High Wind in California, January 14, 2022
Start: 2022-01-14T09:40
End: 2022-01-14T14:00
Location: California

January 14, 2022 · NWS LOX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Strong and gusty Santa Ana winds impacted the coastal valley of Ventura county as well as the Los Angeles county Mountains. North to northeast winds, gusting up to 80 MPH, were reported.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 LOX wrote it up.

Strong and gusty Santa Ana winds impacted the coastal valley of Ventura county as well as the Los Angeles county Mountains. North to northeast winds, gusting up to 80 MPH, were reported.

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 Los Angeles, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 14, 8:24 AM PST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 8:24 AM PST, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Event by event

2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Los Angeles County Mountains Excluding the Santa Monica Range

When: January 14, 9:40 AM PST to 2:00 PM PST
Where: Los Angeles County Mountains Excluding the Santa Monica Range forecast zone
Measured: 70 kt (81 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet

Strong and gusty Santa Ana winds impacted the mountains of Los Angeles county. Some peak north to northeast wind gusts include: Magic Mountain Truck Trail (gust 80 MPH), Mill Creek RAWS (gust 63 MPH), Warm Springs RAWS (gust 63 MPH) and Palo Sola Truck Road (gust 61 MPH).

High Wind, Ventura County Coastal Valleys

When: January 14, 10:46 AM PST to 2:00 PM PST
Where: Ventura County Coastal Valleys forecast zone
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet

Strong and gusty Santa Ana winds impacted the coastal valleys of Ventura county. Some peak north to northeast wind gusts include: Wiley Ridge (gust 65 MPH), Boney Mountain (gust 59 MPH) and Cochran (gust 58 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

Every storm in California in 2022 Every state in 2022 This day in weather history Warnings in California, January 2022

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: 1007651, 1007652.