Alert archive / California

Weather alerts in California, 2006

1,682 weather alerts in 2006, 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 2006. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
1,682
Warnings
620
Watches
293
Advisories
658
Busiest month
March279 alerts
Busiest day
January 1, 200628 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

1,682 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.

By product

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

ProductAlerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning139
Tornado Warning9
Severe Thunderstorm Watch3
Mesoscale Discussion24
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning113
Flash Flood Watch43
Flood Watch10
Winter
Heavy Snow Warning22
Winter Storm Warning75
Winter Storm Watch93
Blowing Snow Advisory1
Freezing Rain Advisory1
Lake Effect Snow Advisory1
Snow Advisory147
Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory7
Winter Weather Advisory34
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning26
Excessive Heat Watch16
Heat Advisory11
Cold
Freeze Warning40
Freeze Watch14
Frost Advisory48
Wind and dust
Dust Storm Warning2
High Wind Warning65
High Wind Watch54
Blowing Dust Advisory3
Lake Wind Advisory10
Wind Advisory280
Fire
Red Flag Warning81
Fire Weather Watch60
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory85
Freezing Fog Advisory2
Coast and beach
High Surf Warning5
Coastal Flood Advisory3
High Surf Advisory25
Coastal Flood Statement8
Marine
Gale Warning1
Special Marine Warning42
Marine Weather Statement79

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

14 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. January 1, 200628alerts
  2. December 26, 200628alerts
  3. January 2, 200626alerts
  4. February 28, 200626alerts
  5. March 11, 200620alerts
  6. March 9, 200619alerts
  7. March 10, 200619alerts
  8. December 27, 200619alerts
  9. April 5, 200618alerts
  10. July 23, 200618alerts
  11. November 28, 200618alerts
  12. December 9, 200618alerts

Nearby

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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.