Thunderstorm Wind — Stanislaus, California

2025-03-17 · near Turlock Muni Arpt, Stanislaus, California

Event narrative

There were around 100 almond trees uprooted during a thunderstorm on March 17. It has been determined from a review of radar and damage photos that the event was due to straight line winds, estimated at 70 mph.

Wider weather episode

The third in a series of significant winter storms brought heavy mountain snow, moderate to heavy rain and strong southerly winds to interior northern California from March 15th through March 17th. Numerous down trees and powerlines were reported, especially up in Shasta and Tehama counties. Thunderstorms brought hail up to 1 inch in size in the mountains. A funnel cloud was reported in Stanislaus County as well. Interstate 80 Westbound was closed from Blue Canyon to Truckee due to low visibility and multiple spinouts and crashes during the heavy snowfall.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1246978. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.