High Wind — Southwestern Mendocino Interior, California

2024-02-04 to 2024-02-05 · Southwestern Mendocino Interior, California

Event narrative

Numerous wind gusts between 60 and 70 mph were experienced in the hills and valley locations near Boonville and Yorkville in Mendocino County. Widespread power outages occurred with many trees downed.

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 1151166. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.