Santa Cruz Mountains storm history

A tree fell into a home in Boulder Creek on the 14100 block of California Highway 9 near the intersection with Bear Creek Road. The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office reported that fire crews arrived around 3:20 PM. Two people were inside the home when the tree fell. One person e…

On the morning of the 16th, lightning started multiple wildfires in Santa Cruz/San Mateo Counties that combined to form the CZU Lightning Complex https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2020/8/16/czu-lightning-complex-including-warnella-fire/. At the end of August the fire had burned 8…

A tree fell on a car killing one man and seriously injuring another on Hwy 17 south of Summit Rd. This also resulted 10 cars being hit by the tree and surrounding debris.

Tree was downed on Empire Grade near the Cal Fire Ben Lomond station.

The Los Gatos RAWS reported a wind gust of 52 mph.

A downed tree blocked the roadway at the intersection of California Route 9 and Pacific Street near Boulder Creek.

A small tree was downed on the eastbound lanes of Mount Hermon Road at Locatelli Lane near Felton.

The PG&E station on Page Mill Road reported a gust of 72 mph.

The SJSU Mesonet station at Mt. Umunhum off Loma Prieta Road reported a gust off 71 mph.

The Umunhum South station operated by SJSU recorded a wind gust of 98 mph.

The Los Gatos RAWS reported a wind gust of 67 mph.

The KNPT Towers weather station operated by PGE reported a wind gust of 89 mph.

A tree fell on power lines near Glen Arbor Road in Ben Lomond, causing the communities of Ben Lomond and Boulder Creek to be cut off; the road was open by the next day but PGE crews were continuing to work on clearing debris. Across the rest of Boulder Creek, dozens of trees fell…

The Umunhum South station operated by SJSU reported a wind gust of 97 mph.

A tree fell on California Highway 9 between El Solyo Heights Drive and Brackney Road in Felton, taking down power lines and blocking the road.

One person was injured when a tree fell onto a backyard shed and detached office in the 17900 block of Oak Drive in Redwood Estates.

The Los Gatos RAWS reported a 79 mph wind gust.

Highway 17 was closed from Granite Creek Road in Scotts Valley to the Santa Cruz/Santa Clara county line for over 12 hours because of heavy snow. Multiple trees were down on the roadway, a jackknifed truck and trailer blocked the road at the summit, and heavy snow up to 10-12 inc…

California Highway 84 in San Mateo County was closed between California Highway 1 and Four Corners due to accumulating snow on the road. The snow was 6 inches high.

A redwood tree fell onto a home on the west side of Boulder Creek, injuring a 1-year old child.

A 65 mph gust was reported at the Los Gatos RAWS.

Both directions on Rte-35 just south of Ware Road closed due to a tree on the roadway.

Six to eight inch diameter branches blocking road at Bear Creek Rd and Huckleberry Ln.

Tree collapsed near roadway, blocking lanes. Law enforcement closed both lanes on Highway 17 north of Scotts Valley.

Tree and power lines down in roadway on highway at top of western in Ben Lomond.

Image on social media showing about an inch of snow in the Santa Cruz Mountains at 3000 ft.

Ormsey Cutoff Trail (PG&E) station reported gusts between 45 and 60 mph with a lean gust of 67 mph.

Both lanes closed on Soquel San Jose Rd at Stetson Rd due to a large eucalyptus tree and wires down in the road.

Tree fell blocking entire roadway at 382 Granite Creek Rd.

Large tree branch blocking all of east bound Bear Creek Rd at SR-17 N.

Snow reported on SR-9 and SR-35, 3 to 5 inches.

Tree down blocking all lanes at SR-35 and Page Mill Rd.

Tree down with live wires at SR-35 and Elk Tree Rd.

Fallen tree blocking lanes at 1007 Ranch Rd.

Mesonet station (PG&E) on Soda Springs Road measured gusts between 60-70 mph with a peak gust of 77 mph.

Mesonet station (PG&E) on Page Mill Road measured gusts between 45 and 60 mph with a peak gust of 65 mph.

Public reported winds of 60 mph.

Power lines down blocking all lanes at SR-35 and Swett Rd.

Wires, telephone pole, and multiple trees down blocking road at 235 Orchard Rd near Felton.

Live wires down across roadway on Whalebone Gulch Rd and Bear Creek Rd.

Large tree down at Toll House Gulch Rd and Upper Scenic Dr.

Large tree blocking lanes at SR-17 N and Alma Bridge off ramp.

Tree down across roadway at Mountain Charlie Rd and Old Santa Cruz Hwy.

Tree fell on telephone pole knocking it into Farmer St.

Large tree and power lines down in the road on Granite Ridge Dr.

Dry conditions and strong offshore winds allowed several small wildfires to break out in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The largest of the two were the Freedom and Panther Ridge Fires https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2021/ https://www.ksbw.com/article/cal-fire-will-try-to-contain-the…

Tree down blocking both lanes on Bear Creek Rd at Greenview Dr.

Mesonet (PG&E) station southwest of Portola Valley reported wind gust of 50 mph.