Alert archive / California / High Wind Warnings
High Wind Warnings in California, 2016
79 high wind 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 wind warnings reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 79
- Busiest month
- March15 high wind warnings
- Busiest day
- November 27, 20165 high wind warnings
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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 11, 3:14 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 35 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:57 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 51 hr |
| Jan 16, 1:30 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc | 28 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:24 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 35 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:23 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 18 hr |
| Jan 28, 11:41 AM PST | High Wind Warning | VEF | Inyo | 34 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:52 AM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc | 8 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:38 AM PST | High Wind Warning | VEF | 11 hr | |
| Jan 30, 3:48 AM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 47 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:14 PM PST | High Wind Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 10 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:22 AM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara | 34 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:56 AM PST | High Wind Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 35 hr |
| Jan 31, 4:42 AM PST | High Wind Warning | HNX | 35 hr | |
| Feb 7, 3:09 AM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 35 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:13 AM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 35 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:40 AM PST | High Wind Warning | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Mono, Nevada, Placer | 42 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:44 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 31 hr |
| Feb 17, 12:00 PM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | 18 hr | |
| Feb 17, 1:08 PM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | San Bernardino | 24 hr |
| Feb 17, 10:35 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc | 43 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:39 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 20 hr |
| Feb 29, 3:00 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc | 30 hr |
| Mar 4, 4:18 AM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 45 hr |
| Mar 4, 11:11 AM PST | High Wind Warning | STO | 35 hr | |
| Mar 4, 2:57 PM PST | High Wind Warning | REV | Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Sierra | 31 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:14 AM PST | High Wind Warning | VEF | 33 hr | |
| Mar 7, 1:33 AM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | 24 hr | |
| Mar 8, 3:03 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 43 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:35 PM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 18 hr |
| Mar 12, 11:04 AM PST | High Wind Warning | REV | Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Plumas, Sierra | 32 hr |
| Mar 12, 1:58 PM PST | High Wind Warning | VEF | Inyo | 50 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:01 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 32 hr |
| Mar 21, 9:36 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | HNX | 36 hr | |
| Mar 23, 2:52 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | LOX | 9 hr | |
| Mar 27, 2:23 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 49 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:29 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 48 hr |
| Mar 27, 10:55 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | LOX | 19 hr | |
| Apr 13, 8:03 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 64 hr |
| Apr 13, 8:49 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 62 hr |
| Apr 14, 1:08 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | HNX | 34 hr | |
| Apr 24, 3:09 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | LOX | Santa Barbara | 15 hr |
| Apr 24, 7:17 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | LOX | 32 hr | |
| Apr 25, 3:16 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | HNX | 20 hr | |
| Apr 25, 7:44 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 13 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:43 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 10 hr |
| May 19, 1:59 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | VEF | Inyo | 45 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:57 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 17 hr |
| Oct 11, 3:16 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 62 hr |
| Oct 12, 4:44 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt | 42 hr |
| Oct 12, 10:55 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada and 3 more | 52 hr |
| Oct 14, 5:19 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 39 hr |
| Oct 14, 3:23 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 14, 3:31 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt | 24 hr |
| Oct 15, 3:24 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | VEF | Inyo | 56 hr |
| Oct 23, 8:30 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 35 hr |
| Oct 29, 2:40 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | VEF | Inyo | 30 hr |
| Nov 18, 9:02 AM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 24 hr |
| Nov 23, 3:46 AM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 45 hr |
| Nov 24, 7:02 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 27 hr |
| Nov 26, 2:35 AM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 42 hr |
| Nov 26, 10:45 PM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | 27 hr | |
| Nov 27, 2:48 AM PST | High Wind Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 16 hr |
| Nov 27, 4:05 AM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc | 29 hr |
| Nov 27, 9:26 AM PST | High Wind Warning | HNX | 11 hr | |
| Nov 27, 1:35 PM PST | High Wind Warning | REV | Modoc | 20 hr |
| Dec 1, 2:45 AM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 57 hr |
| Dec 1, 3:25 AM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 59 hr |
| Dec 1, 11:44 AM PST | High Wind Warning | HNX | 30 hr | |
| Dec 8, 4:33 AM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc | 20 hr |
| Dec 13, 10:24 AM PST | High Wind Warning | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada and 3 more | 66 hr |
| Dec 13, 1:42 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 41 hr |
| Dec 14, 2:39 PM PST | High Wind Warning | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 61 hr |
| Dec 15, 2:32 AM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | 27 hr | |
| Dec 15, 5:49 AM PST | High Wind Warning | VEF | Inyo | 6 hr |
| Dec 15, 6:27 AM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 44 hr |
| Dec 15, 12:46 PM PST | High Wind Warning | PSR | 27 hr | |
| Dec 18, 6:44 PM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | 17 hr | |
| Dec 23, 8:05 AM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | 14 hr | |
| Dec 26, 12:35 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc | 31 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Modoc County24
- San Bernardino County17
- Siskiyou County16
- Riverside County9
- San Diego County9
- Inyo County8
- Lassen County5
- Plumas County5
- Sierra County5
- Los Angeles County4
- Alpine County4
- El Dorado County4
- Mono County4
- Nevada County4
- Placer County4
- Orange County3
- Santa Barbara County2
- Del Norte County2
- Humboldt County2
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. Rebuilt daily.