High Wind in Cadiz Basin, California

High Wind August 20, 2023 · Cadiz Basin, California

83 mph

Measured gust (72 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

These winds occurred 10 miles SSE of Essex.

The wider storm

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 1137061. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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