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Strong Wind in Southern Sacramento Valley, California

Strong Wind January 7, 2023 · Southern Sacramento Valley, California

41 mph
Measured gust (36 kt)
$11K
Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Wires were down from a fallen tree and northbound lanes of Central Ave were blocked. Gusts to 41 mph were reported at McClellan Airfield.

The wider storm

A major winter storm brought strong winds with moderate to heavy rain bringing renewed flooding of already elevated waterways. There was flooding of roadways, urban areas, rivers, streams and creeks, with rockslides and mudslides also reported. There were dangerous mountain travel conditions with snow levels around 4000 feet and 3 to 5 feet of storm total snowfall above 6000 feet. Winds gusted up to 60-70 mph in the Central Valley. In the mountains there were gusts up to 80 to 115 mph, which coupled with heavy snow, brought whiteout conditions. There were widespread trees down across the area, blocking roads and causing numerous power outages. There were thunderstorms on the 10th with a tornado in Calaveras County and straight line wind damage and small hail reported in the northern San Joaquin Valley.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1078901. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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