Alert archive / California / High Surf Warnings

High Surf Warnings in California, 2016

9 high surf warnings in 2016. 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 high surf warnings reaches back to 2005.

High Surf Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.

High Surf Warnings
9
Busiest month
January7 high surf warnings
Busiest day
January 6, 20163 high surf warnings

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 5, 6:05 PM PSTHigh Surf WarningLOXLos Angeles58 hr
Jan 6, 2:35 AM PSTHigh Surf WarningMTRMarin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma35 hr
Jan 6, 10:36 AM PSTHigh Surf WarningSGXOrange, San Diego59 hr
Jan 15, 12:54 PM PSTHigh Surf WarningMTRMarin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma63 hr
Jan 15, 6:32 PM PSTHigh Surf WarningLOX69 hr
Jan 16, 1:45 PM PSTHigh Surf WarningSGXSan Diego51 hr
Jan 28, 1:39 PM PSTHigh Surf WarningLOX32 hr
Mar 5, 7:59 PM PSTHigh Surf WarningLOXLos Angeles64 hr
Mar 5, 8:19 PM PSTHigh Surf WarningSGXOrange, San Diego53 hr

By county

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

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

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.