Alert archive / California / Fire Weather Watches
Fire Weather Watches in California, 2021
91 fire weather watches in 2021. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of fire weather watches reaches back to 2005.
Fire Weather Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Fire Weather Watches
- 91
- Busiest month
- July21 fire weather watches
- Busiest day
- July 16, 20216 fire weather watches
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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 13, 2:45 PM PST | Fire Weather Watch | LOX | 42 hr | |
| Jan 17, 12:25 PM PST | Fire Weather Watch | MTR | Monterey, San Benito | 21 hr |
| Jan 17, 1:20 PM PST | Fire Weather Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 21 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:39 PM PST | Fire Weather Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 21 hr |
| Apr 11, 2:52 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino, Tulare | 23 hr |
| Apr 12, 1:42 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | REV | Madera, Mono | 30 hr |
| Apr 22, 2:30 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 22 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:31 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | STO | 24 hr | |
| May 6, 2:57 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | STO | 21 hr | |
| May 17, 1:46 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino, Tulare | 25 hr |
| May 18, 3:09 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 37 hr |
| Jun 3, 12:48 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 15 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:26 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | REV | El Dorado, Lassen, Madera, Modoc, Mono, Nevada and 3 more | 22 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:26 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | REV | El Dorado, Lassen, Madera, Modoc, Mono, Nevada and 3 more | 22 hr |
| Jun 5, 1:53 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc | 24 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:49 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | LOX | 49 hr | |
| Jun 12, 1:55 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | REV | Madera, Mono | 22 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:57 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | VEF | Inyo, Tulare | 23 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:10 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc | 23 hr |
| Jun 17, 1:17 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc | 25 hr |
| Jun 20, 2:04 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 24 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:47 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | REV | Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Sierra | 16 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:19 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 11 hr |
| Jun 26, 10:49 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | REV | Madera, Mono | 25 hr |
| Jun 26, 10:49 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | REV | Madera, Mono | 25 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:07 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | VEF | Inyo, Tulare | 23 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:57 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | HNX | Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Tulare, Tuolumne | 23 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:30 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 24 hr |
| Jun 27, 11:21 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | REV | El Dorado, Lassen, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sierra | 40 hr |
| Jul 2, 11:13 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | REV | El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Jul 4, 1:35 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 25 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:51 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 23 hr |
| Jul 11, 1:13 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc | 8 hr |
| Jul 13, 2:10 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc | 8 hr |
| Jul 14, 2:28 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc | 11 hr |
| Jul 15, 2:22 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc | 12 hr |
| Jul 15, 2:30 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc | 23 hr |
| Jul 16, 11:20 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MTR | Monterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz | 26 hr |
| Jul 16, 12:39 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | HNX | Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced and 2 more | 22 hr |
| Jul 16, 1:09 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | STO | 46 hr | |
| Jul 16, 1:14 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 24 hr |
| Jul 16, 1:18 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | VEF | Inyo, Tulare | 23 hr |
| Jul 16, 1:21 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | REV | El Dorado, Lassen, Madera, Modoc, Mono, Nevada and 3 more | 23 hr |
| Jul 17, 9:54 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | LOX | Santa Barbara | 5 hr |
| Jul 18, 12:57 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc | 24 hr |
| Jul 19, 1:15 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc | 26 hr |
| Jul 21, 1:29 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc | 12 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:09 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | EKA | 31 hr | |
| Jul 28, 2:25 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 22 hr |
| Jul 29, 7:06 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | EKA | 21 hr | |
| Aug 2, 3:19 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 22 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:48 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | REV | El Dorado, Lassen, Madera, Modoc, Mono, Nevada and 3 more | 25 hr |
| Aug 3, 1:27 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc | 25 hr |
| Aug 11, 12:26 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 25 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:13 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | REV | Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Sierra | 24 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:26 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 23 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:00 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | STO | 24 hr | |
| Aug 16, 4:07 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | EKA | 24 hr | |
| Aug 16, 1:20 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MTR | 14 hr | |
| Aug 16, 1:45 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 16 hr |
| Aug 25, 2:24 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | STO | 19 hr | |
| Aug 28, 2:47 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | REV | El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas and 1 more | 23 hr |
| Aug 28, 1:47 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc | 14 hr |
| Aug 28, 2:18 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | STO | 19 hr | |
| Sep 4, 2:30 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc | 23 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:24 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc | 25 hr |
| Sep 8, 10:58 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | STO | 23 hr | |
| Sep 8, 11:04 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, Sonoma | 22 hr |
| Sep 8, 11:14 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | REV | El Dorado, Lassen, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sierra | 23 hr |
| Sep 8, 12:43 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | EKA | 21 hr | |
| Sep 8, 2:31 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 23 hr |
| Sep 12, 10:42 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | EKA | 17 hr | |
| Sep 12, 10:42 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 1:33 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | REV | Lassen, Modoc | 46 hr |
| Sep 15, 1:33 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | REV | Madera, Mono | 69 hr |
| Sep 17, 9:27 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | HNX | Fresno, Kern, Tulare | 7 hr |
| Sep 17, 11:25 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | STO | 48 hr | |
| Sep 17, 12:50 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MTR | 45 hr | |
| Sep 17, 2:38 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | EKA | 44 hr | |
| Sep 24, 12:00 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | REV | El Dorado, Lassen, Madera, Modoc, Mono, Nevada and 3 more | 64 hr |
| Sep 25, 5:00 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc | 9 hr |
| Sep 28, 5:50 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MTR | 17 hr | |
| Oct 7, 1:55 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | STO | 61 hr | |
| Oct 7, 2:21 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa, Monterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara and 1 more | 61 hr |
| Oct 7, 2:56 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | EKA | 60 hr | |
| Oct 9, 1:21 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | HNX | Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Oct 12, 2:26 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 24 hr |
| Nov 18, 2:26 PM PST | Fire Weather Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 48 hr |
| Nov 19, 10:48 AM PST | Fire Weather Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 3 hr |
| Nov 21, 2:50 PM PST | Fire Weather Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 43 hr |
| Nov 22, 1:12 PM PST | Fire Weather Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 20 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Modoc County37
- Siskiyou County14
- Madera County13
- Lassen County12
- Plumas County11
- Sierra County11
- Mono County10
- Tulare County9
- El Dorado County9
- Nevada County9
- Placer County9
- San Bernardino County7
- Inyo County5
- Los Angeles County4
- Fresno County4
- Monterey County3
- San Benito County3
- Orange County3
- Riverside County3
- San Diego County3
- Mariposa County3
- Kern County3
- Tuolumne County2
- San Mateo County2
- Santa Clara County2
- Santa Cruz County2
- Kings County2
- Merced County2
- Alameda County2
- Contra Costa County2
- Santa Barbara County1
- Marin County1
- Napa County1
- Sonoma County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.