Strong Wind — E Central S.j. Valley, California

2019-01-06 · E Central S.j. Valley, California

Event narrative

California Highway Patrol reported a palm tree was blown into power lines at the intersection of Herrod Ave and Southern Pacific Ave in Atwater.

Wider weather episode

The second of a series of winter storms moved through central California from the afternoon of January 6 through the early morning of January 7. While this storm produced another round of rain and higher elevation snow across the area with many locations in the southern Sierra Nevada picking up between 1 to 2 inches of liquid precipitation, the main impact from this storm was strong winds were most noticed across the San Joaquin Valley where several trees and power lines were blown down or knocked over.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 792096. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.