High Wind — Southern Humboldt Interior, California
2024-02-04 to 2024-02-05 · Southern Humboldt Interior, California
58 MG
Magnitude
Event narrative
Measured wind gust to 67 mph at the Kneeland RAWS and other gusts in excess of 60 mph across southern Humboldt County.
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 1151453. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.