California storm reports for March 21, 2023

Name: NOAA storm reports, California, March 21, 2023
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 4 wind reports and 1 tornado report in California on March 21, 2023.

in California; 5
Storm reports: About 6 miles from Fresno, CA; 46 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF0, about 24 miles from Oxnard, CA; 1
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
Tornado and its path

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
Tornado and its path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on March 21, 2023 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

Reports by hour

Wind4, most at 11 AM

Tornado1, most at 7 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
7:45 PM	EF0	About 24 miles from Oxnard, CA	0.24 mi long, 25 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Fresno, CA	None	46 mph	0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.

Time	Gust	Where
11:30 AM	40 mph	About 19 miles from San Diego, CA
12:00 PM	40 mph	About 20 miles from San Diego, CA
2:00 PM	46 mph	About 6 miles from Fresno, CA
6:40 PM	46 mph	About 18 miles from Sacramento, CA