High Wind — Northern Sacramento Valley, California

2025-03-15 to 2025-03-16 · Northern Sacramento Valley, California

Event narrative

Redding Municipal Airport measured a max wind gust of 62 mph. Numerous downed trees and powerlines were reported across Shasta and Tehama counties.

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.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1248978. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.