High Wind — Southern Lake County, California

2024-02-04 · Southern Lake County, California

Event narrative

PG&E weather stations reported gusts between 50 and 70 mph throughout the northern reaches of Clear Lake including in the towns of Nice and Lucerne, the Robinson Rancheria, and south toward Mt. Konocti. Numerous trees were downed and power was out to thousands of people across the region. Additional strong winds combined with snow led to long duration power outages around Cobb.

Wider weather episode

A cyclone bombed very close to the central California coast developing widespread damaging wind gusts across Mendocino and Lake counties. Heavy rain also was observed with some of the highest flows on creeks in Lake County in the last several years. The low then moved north off of the extreme northwestern California coast bringing strong gusts into Humboldt and Del Norte counties as well, though damage was limited.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1151162. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.