On This Date In California Weather History....
2004: Thundersnow started on the evening of 11.20 in the upper desert and snow continued until this day.
Widespread reports of two feet with drifts to three feet came from Wrightwood, Lake Arrowhead, Big Bear and the Palm Springs Tramway (8,500 feet).
The snow level was as low as 1,000 feet.
18 to 20 inches of snow fell in foothills south of YuccaValley, 14 inches fell in Phelan, 9-12 inches in Hesperia and Apple Valley, nine inches in Yucaipa and Calimesa and up to three inches throughout the southern Inland Empire.
Tree damage resulted in lower elevations, which caused house damage and power outages.
Snow lined I-10 near Calimesa for a few days following the end of the snow.
2001: Gusty winds blew across the mountains of Tulare and Kern County.
With Indian Wells Canyon clocking a 97 mph gust and in the Kern County deserts, where an 81 mph wind gust was recorded at Inyokern and Mojave.
The strong winds damaged roofs, blew out windows and took away signs in California City.
1999: A wind gust of 80 mph was reported at Highland.
1996: A rare (for central California) mesoscale supercell thunderstorm spawned two tornadoes (an F0 and an F1) that struck the Lemoore Naval Air Station.
This storm was part of a larger thunderstorm complex that also spawned an F1 tornado that touched down northeast of Merced and an F0 tornado that touched down northeast of Bakersfield.
Hail as large as 2.5" in diameter also fell in association with the supercell that affected Lemoore Naval Air Station damaging vehicles.
1988: A cold front brought strong winds to the Reno, NV area.
A wind gust of 95 mph was reported in the Callahan Ranch area of southwest Reno.
A wind gust of 95 mph was reported in the Callahan Ranch area of southwest Reno.
1975: The morning low temperature at Reno, NV was 7.
1966: 13.5 inches of snow fell at Tahoe City.
1965: Heavy storms drawing tropical moisture in the mountains and desert started on this day and ended on 11.25.
Storm totals: 20 inches at Mt. San Gorgonio, 16 inches at Mt. San Jacinto, 9.59 inches at Cuyamaca, six to nine inches at Banning-Cabezon, over four inches at Palm Springs, less than one inch near the Salton Sea.
The one-day total was over nine inches at Snow Creek.
15 died all over Southern California.
The entire region was hit hard with severe flooding, including road and bridge washouts and debris flows.
Santee was inundated. Two drowned attempting to cross the Whitewater River.
Five died in Tijuana. One died in Rancho Cucamonga, another drowned in San Bernardino and three drowned in Lytle Creek flooding.
Record flood levels on Tahquitz Creek. Spring Valley Creek floods in southeast San Diego.
The Sweetwater River floods parts of National City and Chula Vista.
Record flood levels were recorded at Tahquitz Creek.
It was the largest flood on the Whitewater River since 1938.
1957: Extremely destructive Santa Ana winds started on 11.21 and ended on this day.
Winds produced a 28,000 acre brush fire on a 40-mile front west of Crystal Lake.
People were ordered off the streets in some areas due to flying debris.
12 of 33 passengers on an airplane over Ontario were hurt by a downdraft in extreme turbulence.
Paint was completely stripped off of windward sides of four cars stalled in a Fontana sandstorm.
Source: NWS Hanford, Reno, & San Diego
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