Alert archive / California / Gale Watches
Gale Watches in California, 2012
81 gale watches in 2012. 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 gale watches reaches back to 2005.
Gale Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Gale Watches
- 81
- Busiest month
- February15 gale watches
- Busiest day
- March 4, 20124 gale watches
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 7, 2:51 PM PST | Gale Watch | EKA | 49 hr | |
| Jan 14, 8:45 PM PST | Gale Watch | EKA | 55 hr | |
| Jan 19, 2:53 AM PST | Gale Watch | EKA | 12 hr | |
| Jan 22, 2:23 PM PST | Gale Watch | LOX | 13 hr | |
| Feb 4, 8:32 PM PST | Gale Watch | EKA | 31 hr | |
| Feb 5, 2:19 AM PST | Gale Watch | MTR | 12 hr | |
| Feb 5, 8:45 PM PST | Gale Watch | LOX | 7 hr | |
| Feb 6, 3:34 AM PST | Gale Watch | LOX | 11 hr | |
| Feb 11, 2:27 PM PST | Gale Watch | LOX | 24 hr | |
| Feb 11, 2:37 PM PST | Gale Watch | MTR | 12 hr | |
| Feb 11, 2:51 PM PST | Gale Watch | EKA | 13 hr | |
| Feb 12, 1:27 PM PST | Gale Watch | SGX | 6 hr | |
| Feb 14, 9:04 PM PST | Gale Watch | LOX | 7 hr | |
| Feb 17, 3:01 AM PST | Gale Watch | LOX | 11 hr | |
| Feb 20, 2:26 PM PST | Gale Watch | EKA | 37 hr | |
| Feb 24, 2:43 AM PST | Gale Watch | EKA | 48 hr | |
| Feb 25, 3:14 AM PST | Gale Watch | LOX | 35 hr | |
| Feb 27, 2:55 AM PST | Gale Watch | EKA | 19 hr | |
| Feb 29, 3:08 AM PST | Gale Watch | LOX | 24 hr | |
| Mar 4, 11:02 AM PST | Gale Watch | SGX | 33 hr | |
| Mar 4, 2:11 PM PST | Gale Watch | MTR | 13 hr | |
| Mar 4, 2:23 PM PST | Gale Watch | LOX | 13 hr | |
| Mar 4, 2:50 PM PST | Gale Watch | EKA | 24 hr | |
| Mar 10, 2:34 PM PST | Gale Watch | EKA | 12 hr | |
| Mar 15, 9:30 PM PDT | Gale Watch | SGX | 17 hr | |
| Mar 16, 4:00 AM PDT | Gale Watch | LOX | 23 hr | |
| Mar 18, 2:46 AM PDT | Gale Watch | EKA | 26 hr | |
| Mar 22, 2:00 AM PDT | Gale Watch | EKA | 13 hr | |
| Mar 25, 2:29 AM PDT | Gale Watch | EKA | 25 hr | |
| Mar 30, 1:44 PM PDT | Gale Watch | SGX | 23 hr | |
| Mar 30, 2:20 PM PDT | Gale Watch | LOX | 14 hr | |
| Apr 2, 2:13 PM PDT | Gale Watch | LOX | 7 hr | |
| Apr 3, 3:16 AM PDT | Gale Watch | LOX | 23 hr | |
| Apr 12, 2:32 PM PDT | Gale Watch | LOX | 12 hr | |
| Apr 25, 2:34 PM PDT | Gale Watch | LOX | 24 hr | |
| Apr 27, 3:01 PM PDT | Gale Watch | EKA | 12 hr | |
| May 2, 2:29 PM PDT | Gale Watch | LOX | 24 hr | |
| May 3, 2:01 PM PDT | Gale Watch | EKA | 25 hr | |
| May 7, 2:43 AM PDT | Gale Watch | EKA | 24 hr | |
| May 7, 2:44 PM PDT | Gale Watch | MTR | 12 hr | |
| May 15, 2:34 PM PDT | Gale Watch | LOX | 24 hr | |
| May 16, 3:22 AM PDT | Gale Watch | EKA | 23 hr | |
| May 16, 3:01 PM PDT | Gale Watch | MTR | 12 hr | |
| May 20, 2:48 AM PDT | Gale Watch | LOX | 18 hr | |
| May 23, 2:21 PM PDT | Gale Watch | LOX | 24 hr | |
| Jun 3, 2:16 PM PDT | Gale Watch | LOX | 14 hr | |
| Jun 7, 2:05 PM PDT | Gale Watch | EKA | 55 hr | |
| Jun 11, 2:39 PM PDT | Gale Watch | LOX | 31 hr | |
| Jun 12, 2:25 AM PDT | Gale Watch | EKA | 12 hr | |
| Jun 13, 3:06 AM PDT | Gale Watch | MTR | 6 hr | |
| Jun 20, 2:27 PM PDT | Gale Watch | LOX | 12 hr | |
| Jul 2, 2:36 PM PDT | Gale Watch | EKA | 12 hr | |
| Jul 12, 2:28 AM PDT | Gale Watch | EKA | 12 hr | |
| Jul 14, 2:34 AM PDT | Gale Watch | EKA | 13 hr | |
| Jul 20, 3:13 PM PDT | Gale Watch | EKA | 11 hr | |
| Jul 30, 2:37 PM PDT | Gale Watch | EKA | 24 hr | |
| Aug 8, 2:30 AM PDT | Gale Watch | EKA | 12 hr | |
| Aug 22, 2:43 PM PDT | Gale Watch | EKA | 12 hr | |
| Aug 27, 2:28 PM PDT | Gale Watch | LOX | 19 hr | |
| Sep 9, 3:19 AM PDT | Gale Watch | EKA | 11 hr | |
| Sep 18, 9:22 PM PDT | Gale Watch | LOX | 5 hr | |
| Sep 22, 3:20 PM PDT | Gale Watch | EKA | 36 hr | |
| Sep 29, 2:50 PM PDT | Gale Watch | EKA | 24 hr | |
| Oct 14, 2:12 PM PDT | Gale Watch | EKA | 24 hr | |
| Oct 24, 2:34 PM PDT | Gale Watch | LOX | 16 hr | |
| Oct 24, 2:34 PM PDT | Gale Watch | LOX | 24 hr | |
| Oct 29, 3:28 AM PDT | Gale Watch | EKA | 23 hr | |
| Nov 17, 4:40 AM PST | Gale Watch | EKA | 9 hr | |
| Nov 17, 1:50 PM PST | Gale Watch | EKA | 14 hr | |
| Nov 26, 3:07 AM PST | Gale Watch | MTR | 12 hr | |
| Nov 26, 10:17 AM PST | Gale Watch | EKA | 22 hr | |
| Nov 26, 8:52 PM PST | Gale Watch | LOX | 18 hr | |
| Dec 2, 3:04 AM PST | Gale Watch | EKA | 24 hr | |
| Dec 7, 2:38 AM PST | Gale Watch | EKA | 7 hr | |
| Dec 16, 1:31 PM PST | Gale Watch | SGX | 22 hr | |
| Dec 16, 2:28 PM PST | Gale Watch | LOX | 13 hr | |
| Dec 17, 3:19 PM PST | Gale Watch | EKA | 12 hr | |
| Dec 18, 2:37 AM PST | Gale Watch | MTR | 24 hr | |
| Dec 22, 3:03 AM PST | Gale Watch | EKA | 12 hr | |
| Dec 24, 4:35 AM PST | Gale Watch | EKA | 11 hr | |
| Dec 25, 8:24 AM PST | Gale Watch | SGX | 4 hr |
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.