High Wind — Indian Wells Vly, California

2002-12-31 · Indian Wells Vly, California

Wider weather episode

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_id 5324741. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.