In previous years, gale-force winds had to be present all around the center for the system to receive a name.

The following day I had the chance to see this system at work against 50- to 60-foot seas with gale-force winds.

Good football was impossible in the gale-force wind across the pitch.

The next day, it developed gale-force winds and was named Claudia.

To make matters worse, a gale-force wind screamed down the beach.

The gale-force winds, which had sprung up so quickly, began to die away.

Short of a gale-force wind, nothing's going to budge it.

The sunken road provided a shelter from the gale-force wind.

At first, the storm moved southwest, but once it developed gale-force winds, the system turned south.

Tropical storms in 1939, 1976 and 1997 brought gale-force winds to California.