High Wind — Cadiz Basin, California

2023-08-20 · Cadiz Basin, California

Event narrative

These winds occurred 10 miles SSE of Essex.

Wider weather episode

Eastern Pacific Hurricane Hilary made landfall on the Baja Peninsula early on the morning of the 20th and reached Southern California as a tropical storm that afternoon. The cyclone brought widespread flash flooding to southeast California, along with isolated high winds.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1137061. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.