High Wind — Northwestern Mendocino Interior, California

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

Event narrative

PG&E weather station on Cahto Peak reported a peak wind gust of 76 mph. Numerous other stations reported wind gusts between 40 and 50 mph with widespread power outages occurring across the region.

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 1151169. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.