Weather alerts in California, 2002

130 weather alerts in 2002, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2002. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 130
Warnings: 129
Watches: 1
Advisories: 0
Busiest month: December39 alerts
Busiest day: May 20, 200221 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Pacific Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 28, 10:44 AM PST	Special Marine Warning	MTR		31 min
Jan 28, 10:44 AM PST	Special Marine Warning	MTR		31 min
Feb 17, 1:30 PM PST	Special Marine Warning	SGX		30 min
Feb 17, 1:42 PM PST	Special Marine Warning	SGX		18 min
Feb 22, 3:00 PM PST	Special Marine Warning	EKA		3 hr
Mar 6, 4:16 PM PST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Tehama	29 min
Mar 7, 1:45 PM PST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Calaveras, Stanislaus	45 min
Mar 7, 1:51 PM PST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Calaveras, Stanislaus	39 min
Mar 7, 2:36 PM PST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Calaveras, Stanislaus, Tuolumne	39 min
Mar 9, 1:35 PM PST	Special Marine Warning	EKA		45 min
Mar 17, 3:28 PM PST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Solano	62 min
Mar 17, 3:45 PM PST	Tornado Warning	STO	Solano	30 min
Mar 23, 2:31 PM PST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Butte, Glenn	29 min
Mar 23, 4:44 PM PST	Tornado Warning	STO	Glenn	31 min
Mar 23, 5:21 PM PST	Tornado Warning	STO	Colusa, Glenn	24 min
Apr 4, 3:11 PM PST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Plumas	34 min
Apr 25, 4:40 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Plumas	35 min
Apr 30, 7:39 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	STO	Placer	81 min
May 20, 11:44 AM PDT	Tornado Warning	STO	Sutter, Yolo	31 min
May 20, 12:00 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Glenn, Tehama	30 min
May 20, 12:14 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MTR	Monterey	46 min
May 20, 12:14 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Sacramento, Yolo	31 min
May 20, 12:19 PM PDT	Tornado Warning	STO	Sutter, Yolo	26 min
May 20, 12:23 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MTR	San Mateo	67 min
May 20, 12:48 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Sacramento	27 min
May 20, 1:01 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MTR	San Mateo	29 min
May 20, 1:26 PM PDT	Tornado Warning	STO	Amador, Sacramento, San Joaquin	34 min
May 20, 1:27 PM PDT	Tornado Warning	STO	Sutter, Yuba	48 min
May 20, 2:03 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Sacramento, San Joaquin	42 min
May 20, 2:09 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Amador	36 min
May 20, 2:18 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Fresno, Madera	42 min
May 20, 2:31 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Calaveras	29 min
May 20, 2:32 PM PDT	Tornado Warning	STO	Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo	28 min
May 20, 3:00 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Amador, Calaveras	45 min
May 20, 3:02 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Fresno	43 min
May 20, 3:10 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Placer, Sutter	35 min
May 20, 3:36 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Fresno	44 min
May 20, 4:01 PM PDT	Tornado Warning	HNX	Madera, Mariposa, Merced	44 min
May 20, 4:31 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Fresno	29 min
May 20, 5:01 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Fresno	44 min
May 20, 5:46 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Fresno, Tulare	44 min
May 20, 6:18 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Sacramento	27 min
May 31, 10:26 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Fresno	34 min
May 31, 10:54 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Fresno	36 min
May 31, 11:45 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Fresno	30 min
Jun 1, 9:00 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Shasta	30 min
Jun 25, 6:43 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Plumas, Sierra	32 min
Jun 26, 3:34 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Nevada, Sierra	26 min
Jul 12, 2:30 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Tuolumne	30 min
Jul 12, 2:47 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Nevada, Sierra	28 min
Jul 12, 2:51 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	El Dorado	39 min
Jul 12, 3:24 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Lassen, Plumas, Sierra	21 min
Jul 12, 4:01 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Alpine	29 min
Jul 12, 4:28 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Lassen	32 min
Jul 12, 5:06 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	El Dorado	39 min
Jul 12, 5:33 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	San Bernardino	87 min
Jul 13, 3:28 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	REV	Alpine, Mono	2 hr
Jul 13, 4:06 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Alpine	39 min
Jul 13, 4:45 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Imperial	5 hr
Jul 15, 4:42 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGX	San Diego	33 min
Jul 16, 2:44 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGX	San Bernardino	61 min
Jul 17, 1:53 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Lassen, Plumas	22 min
Jul 17, 2:03 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Nevada, Placer, Sierra	42 min
Jul 17, 2:37 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Lassen, Plumas	33 min
Jul 17, 3:01 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Lassen, Plumas, Sierra	29 min
Jul 17, 4:42 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	HNX	Tulare	48 min
Jul 18, 10:50 AM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Mono	25 min
Jul 18, 12:20 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Lassen, Plumas, Sierra	25 min
Jul 18, 12:38 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	REV	Lassen, Plumas	37 min
Jul 18, 12:59 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	REV	Nevada, Placer, Sierra	61 min
Jul 18, 1:10 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	REV	Lassen, Plumas, Sierra	80 min
Jul 18, 1:43 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	REV	El Dorado	92 min
Jul 18, 2:47 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	REV	Mono	58 min
Jul 18, 3:19 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	REV	Lassen, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sierra	101 min
Jul 21, 3:26 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Plumas	49 min
Jul 21, 3:30 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Plumas	45 min
Jul 21, 4:16 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Plumas, Shasta, Tehama	44 min
Jul 21, 4:27 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EKA	Trinity	33 min
Jul 21, 5:00 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Tehama	30 min
Jul 21, 7:05 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EKA	Trinity	40 min
Aug 2, 1:43 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Alpine	32 min
Aug 2, 5:13 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	REV	Lassen	62 min
Sep 9, 2:55 AM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGX	Orange	65 min
Sep 10, 11:43 AM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGX	San Diego	47 min
Sep 10, 11:44 AM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGX	San Diego	46 min
Sep 10, 1:51 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Imperial	54 min
Sep 10, 3:19 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Imperial	56 min
Sep 10, 4:15 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Imperial	60 min
Nov 8, 9:13 PM PST	Flash Flood Warning	STO	Tuolumne	6 hr
Nov 29, 4:05 PM PST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGX	San Diego	25 min
Nov 30, 3:19 PM PST	Flash Flood Warning	LOX	Ventura	41 min
Nov 30, 4:05 PM PST	Flash Flood Warning	LOX	Ventura	55 min
Dec 13, 9:21 PM PST	Flash Flood Warning	MTR	Napa	2 hr
Dec 14, 8:57 AM PST	Special Marine Warning	EKA		63 min
Dec 14, 8:57 AM PST	Special Marine Warning	EKA		63 min
Dec 14, 10:20 AM PST	Tornado Warning	EKA	Humboldt	25 min
Dec 14, 1:21 PM PST	Flash Flood Warning	MTR	Riverside	7 hr
Dec 14, 2:57 PM PST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Sutter	33 min
Dec 14, 3:25 PM PST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Solano, Sutter, Yolo	20 min
Dec 14, 3:32 PM PST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Placer, Sacramento	28 min
Dec 16, 3:18 AM PST	Flash Flood Warning	MTR	Riverside	3 hr
Dec 16, 3:21 AM PST	Flash Flood Warning	MTR	Riverside	3 hr
Dec 16, 3:24 AM PST	Flash Flood Warning	MTR	Napa	3 hr
Dec 16, 6:45 AM PST	Flash Flood Warning	MTR	Santa Cruz	2 hr
Dec 16, 5:31 PM PST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Tulare	29 min
Dec 16, 5:32 PM PST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Tulare	28 min
Dec 16, 6:00 PM PST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Tulare	30 min
Dec 17, 1:20 PM PST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Kern, Tulare	40 min
Dec 17, 3:37 PM PST	Special Marine Warning	SGX		53 min
Dec 17, 5:22 PM PST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Kern	23 min
Dec 19, 11:21 AM PST	Flash Flood Warning	MTR	Marin	114 min
Dec 19, 12:20 PM PST	Special Marine Warning	MTR		55 min
Dec 19, 12:20 PM PST	Special Marine Warning	MTR		55 min
Dec 19, 12:20 PM PST	Special Marine Warning	MTR		55 min
Dec 19, 12:38 PM PST	Special Marine Warning	LOX		37 min
Dec 19, 1:15 PM PST	Special Marine Warning	MTR		60 min
Dec 19, 1:15 PM PST	Special Marine Warning	MTR		60 min
Dec 19, 1:15 PM PST	Special Marine Warning	MTR		60 min
Dec 19, 2:20 PM PST	Special Marine Warning	MTR		60 min
Dec 19, 2:20 PM PST	Special Marine Warning	MTR		60 min
Dec 19, 3:00 PM PST	Special Marine Warning	LOX		2 hr
Dec 19, 5:00 PM PST	Special Marine Warning	LOX		2 hr
Dec 19, 7:15 PM PST	Special Marine Warning	LOX		2 hr
Dec 19, 7:24 PM PST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOX	San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara	56 min
Dec 19, 8:53 PM PST	Flash Flood Warning	LOX	Santa Barbara	2 hr
Dec 19, 11:12 PM PST	Flash Flood Warning	LOX	Santa Barbara, Ventura	108 min
Dec 21, 4:00 PM PST	Special Marine Warning	LOX		60 min
Dec 21, 4:00 PM PST	Special Marine Warning	LOX		60 min
Dec 28, 12:40 PM PST	Special Marine Warning	MTR		60 min
Dec 28, 12:40 PM PST	Special Marine Warning	MTR		60 min

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	69
Tornado Warning	10
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	1
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	25
Marine
Special Marine Warning	25

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record The radar archive 2001 2003

Sources

National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.