Alert archive / California / High Wind Warnings
High Wind Warnings in California, 2020
47 high wind warnings in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 47
- Busiest month
- January10 high wind warnings
- Busiest day
- February 1, 20205 high wind 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 3:33 AM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | 27 hr | |
| Jan 2, 2:06 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 38 hr |
| Jan 4, 1:00 PM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 49 hr |
| Jan 4, 1:30 PM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | 37 hr | |
| Jan 12, 1:02 PM PST | High Wind Warning | REV | Mono | 48 hr |
| Jan 14, 2:00 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 47 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:27 PM PST | High Wind Warning | EKA | Del Norte | 3 hr |
| Jan 17, 12:28 AM PST | High Wind Warning | VEF | Inyo | 3 hr |
| Jan 28, 2:59 AM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | 51 hr | |
| Jan 28, 1:07 PM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 48 hr |
| Feb 1, 1:14 PM PST | High Wind Warning | PSR | Imperial | 41 hr |
| Feb 1, 1:15 PM PST | High Wind Warning | HNX | 39 hr | |
| Feb 1, 1:22 PM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 39 hr |
| Feb 1, 2:07 PM PST | High Wind Warning | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 49 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:56 PM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara | 44 hr |
| Feb 4, 2:48 AM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | 6 hr | |
| Feb 9, 3:50 AM PST | High Wind Warning | STO | 12 hr | |
| Feb 10, 9:37 AM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 28 hr |
| Feb 10, 9:50 AM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | 26 hr | |
| Feb 26, 2:08 AM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | San Diego | 14 hr |
| Mar 2, 11:57 AM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 24 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:54 PM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | 18 hr | |
| Apr 22, 2:58 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | LOX | 54 hr | |
| Apr 30, 3:44 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | HNX | 28 hr | |
| May 6, 12:45 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | LOX | 8 hr | |
| May 12, 10:59 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | HNX | 18 hr | |
| Jun 7, 3:05 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | LOX | 33 hr | |
| Jun 27, 12:13 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | VEF | Inyo | 37 hr |
| Sep 7, 3:30 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 32 hr |
| Oct 24, 1:43 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 3 days |
| Oct 24, 1:55 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 3 days |
| Oct 25, 2:26 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | PSR | Riverside, San Bernardino | 27 hr |
| Nov 8, 8:42 AM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | San Diego | 13 hr |
| Nov 12, 2:18 AM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 39 hr |
| Nov 12, 2:31 AM PST | High Wind Warning | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer and 2 more | 46 hr |
| Nov 13, 10:45 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc | 29 hr |
| Nov 15, 2:43 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 52 hr |
| Nov 16, 11:02 AM PST | High Wind Warning | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada and 3 more | 41 hr |
| Nov 26, 3:32 AM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 35 hr |
| Nov 26, 10:02 AM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 27 hr |
| Dec 2, 2:45 AM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 39 hr |
| Dec 2, 9:47 AM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 29 hr |
| Dec 6, 2:13 AM PST | High Wind Warning | HNX | 34 hr | |
| Dec 6, 2:11 PM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | 46 hr | |
| Dec 7, 4:30 AM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 33 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:01 AM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 44 hr |
| Dec 29, 1:09 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc | 36 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- San Bernardino County12
- San Diego County11
- Riverside County10
- Orange County8
- Modoc County8
- Siskiyou County5
- Los Angeles County4
- Inyo County3
- Mono County2
- Alpine County2
- El Dorado County2
- Lassen County2
- Nevada County2
- Placer County2
- Plumas County2
- Sierra County2
- Del Norte County1
- Imperial County1
- Santa Barbara 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. Rebuilt daily.