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High Wind in Mountains Southwest Shasta County To Northern Lake County, California

High Wind January 4, 2008 · Mountains Southwest Shasta County To Northern Lake County, California

64 mph
Measured gust (56 kt)
$112K
Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 65 mph wind gusts was recorded 18 miles south southeast of Saddle Camp. Numerous buildings were damaged due directly to the wind and/or to flying debris and falling trees and branches. Power was out to many customers for up to a day.

The wider storm

A powerful Pacific storm brought widespread winds gusting to 60 mph and in some areas to more than 80 mph across interior Northern California, causing extensive damage and numerous power outages. Rainfall and liquid equivalent amounts ranged from 2 to 3 inches in the northern Central Valley and 4 to 11 inches in the mountains of Shasta County. Snowfall totals of 3 to 11 feet were reported in the northern Sierra Nevada Mountains, with winds up to and possibly exceeding 100 mph coupled with heavy snow bringing blizzard conditions.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 79056. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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