Thunderstorm Wind in Tuolumne County, California

Thunderstorm Wind June 25, 2020 · Tuolumne County, California

60 mph

Estimated gust (52 kt)

$50K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Yosemite National Park dispatch reported several trees donwed in the Hetch Hetchy area due to strong thunderstorm wind gusts.

The wider storm

An extended period of hot temperatures took place over the region between June 23 and June 27. During the afternoon of June 25, there was enough instability over the Sierra Nevada range for scattered thunderstorms to break out. A few of the thunderstorms produced strong wind gusts in Yosemite National Park, and several trees that has been killed or weakened by a long term drought between 2013 and 2016 were blown over by the strong wind gusts.

Began near Hetch Hetchy (37.9800, -119.7900).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 889703. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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