High Wind — Lake Isabella, California

2021-02-15 · Lake Isabella, California

Event narrative

The Walker Pass RAWS measured a peak wind gust of 67 mph.

Wider weather episode

A low pressure system dropped southeast across the Great Basin on February 15 taking an inside slider trajectory. This system produced some light precipitation across the Sierra Nevada and adjacent foothills with several stations measuring a tenth of an inch or less of liquid precipitation. The main impact from this system; however, is that it produced a period of gusty winds across the Lake Isabella and Tehachapi areas as well as across the Kern County Deserts during the evening of February 15 until the morning of February 16. Several stations in the impacted areas in Kern County measured wind gusts exceeding 45 mph with some stations briefly measuring gusts exceeding 60 mph. The winds diminished during the afternoon and evening of February 16 as the low over the Great Basin slowly moved east and away from the area.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 933119. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.