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High Wind November 30, 2011 · Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest, California

70 mph
Estimated gust (61 kt)
1
Death
$12K
Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 35 year-old male wildlife biologist of Big Sur was killed by a falling tree during high winds. The tree toppled over at 1450PST Wednesday, November 30, 2011 near North Coast Road at mile marker 16.

The wider storm

A wind event from November 30, 2011 to December 2, 2011 caused damage and one fatality across the San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas. The fatality occurred on November 30, 2011. Wind damage occurred from November 30, 2011 through December 2, 2011.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 353093. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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