California, 2024High Wind in California, November 22 to 23, 2024
November 22 to 23, 2024 · NWS VEF · 1 event in 1 county or zone
A strong jet stream slowly sagged south along the Sierra crest, leading to downslope winds in the Owens Valley.
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $75,000
- 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.
A strong jet stream slowly sagged south along the Sierra crest, leading to downslope winds in the Owens Valley.
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 Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 22, 1:25 PM PST, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 22, 1:25 PM PST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
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</html>High Wind, Owens Valley
- When
- November 22, 6:30 PM PST to November 23, 4:10 AM PST
- Where
- Owens Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph) measured gust
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
Five big rigs were blown over on Highway 395, and one driver was injured.
- 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.
- Flooding and Heavy Snow in California, November 22 to 27, 20242 deaths · 29 events
- Heavy Rain in Idaho, November 22, 202417 events
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, November 22 to 23, 2024127 kt wind · 11 events
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Nevada, November 22 to 23, 202494 kt wind · 6 events
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, November 22 to 24, 202460 kt wind · 5 events
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Montana, November 22 to 23, 20243 events
- Winter Weather in New York, November 22, 20242 events
- High Wind in Nevada, November 22 to 23, 202469 kt wind · 2 events
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, November 22, 20241 event
- High Wind in Alaska, November 22, 202464 kt wind · 1 event
- High Wind in Oregon, November 22, 202460 kt wind · 1 event
- High Wind in Washington, November 22, 202460 kt wind · 1 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1221630.