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High Wind in Orange County Inland, California

High Wind October 15, 2018 · Orange County Inland, California

58 mph
Estimated gust (50 kt)
1
Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

Broadcast media reported high wind that resulted in a large tree falling over onto a vehicle and killing one person.

The wider storm

A strong Santa Ana Wind event impacted Southern California on October 15th. Multiple mesonet sites reported winds in excess of 58 mph, with the highest wind gust of 82 mph at Fremont Canyon. Orange County reported over 200 downed trees. There was one fatality from a fallen tree crushing a vehicle.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 790779. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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