High Wind in Indian Wells Vly, California

High Wind December 31, 2002 · Indian Wells Vly, California

84 mph

Measured gust (73 kt)

Death

$200K

Damage as recorded

The wider storm

Wind likely associated with a mountain wave reached high wind criteria in the Kern County Mountains and Deserts during the afternoon of the 31st. In the vicinity of Inyokern winds spiked at 73 knots at a nearby low-elevation mountain meso-net site and a falling tree resulted in a fatality from the wind in Inyokern.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5324741. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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