Alert archive / California / High Wind Warnings
High Wind Warnings in California, 2021
71 high wind warnings 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 high wind warnings reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 71
- Busiest month
- January21 high wind warnings
- Busiest day
- January 25, 20215 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, 1:05 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 3 days |
| Jan 3, 3:46 AM PST | High Wind Warning | EKA | Del Norte | 29 hr |
| Jan 8, 7:26 PM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 19 hr |
| Jan 8, 11:08 PM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 4 hr |
| Jan 17, 12:57 PM PST | High Wind Warning | HNX | 52 hr | |
| Jan 17, 1:39 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MTR | Monterey, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz | 44 hr |
| Jan 17, 1:40 PM PST | High Wind Warning | STO | 52 hr | |
| Jan 17, 2:29 PM PST | High Wind Warning | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Mono, Nevada, Placer and 2 more | 53 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:23 AM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara | 48 hr |
| Jan 18, 12:42 PM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 57 hr |
| Jan 23, 1:34 PM PST | High Wind Warning | HNX | 62 hr | |
| Jan 24, 12:38 PM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | San Diego | 38 hr |
| Jan 24, 1:54 PM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | 6 hr | |
| Jan 24, 8:13 PM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | Santa Barbara | 26 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:16 AM PST | High Wind Warning | PSR | Imperial | 29 hr |
| Jan 25, 12:11 PM PST | High Wind Warning | HNX | 61 hr | |
| Jan 25, 2:42 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and 1 more | 45 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:59 PM PST | High Wind Warning | STO | 41 hr | |
| Jan 26, 2:18 PM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | Santa Barbara | 43 hr |
| Jan 28, 7:38 PM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | 72 min | |
| Jan 30, 3:47 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 55 hr |
| Feb 12, 1:10 PM PST | High Wind Warning | REV | Mono | 27 hr |
| Feb 12, 1:10 PM PST | High Wind Warning | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 30 hr |
| Feb 12, 1:19 PM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 33 hr |
| Feb 12, 7:23 PM PST | High Wind Warning | HNX | 26 hr | |
| Feb 13, 4:20 AM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | 32 hr | |
| Feb 15, 12:39 PM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 21 hr |
| Feb 15, 9:02 PM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | 14 hr | |
| Feb 20, 5:27 PM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | 4 hr | |
| Feb 24, 2:25 AM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 34 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:23 AM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 33 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:17 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc | 29 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:52 AM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 36 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:30 AM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 33 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:23 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 56 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:23 AM PST | High Wind Warning | PSR | Imperial | 44 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:28 AM PST | High Wind Warning | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 43 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:41 AM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 48 hr |
| Mar 21, 11:47 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | LOX | 4 hr | |
| Mar 22, 7:19 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | HNX | 34 hr | |
| Mar 23, 3:29 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | LOX | 33 hr | |
| Apr 8, 3:07 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | LOX | 54 hr | |
| Apr 12, 1:47 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 36 hr |
| May 18, 3:50 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | LOX | 25 hr | |
| May 18, 10:50 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | HNX | 19 hr | |
| May 19, 9:30 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | HNX | 44 hr | |
| May 19, 9:17 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | LOX | 6 hr | |
| May 20, 11:04 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 15 hr |
| Jun 8, 12:57 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | VEF | Inyo | 31 hr |
| Jun 14, 9:39 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | LOX | 5 hr | |
| Oct 10, 1:47 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 51 hr |
| Oct 10, 2:46 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | LOX | Santa Barbara | 48 hr |
| Oct 10, 2:54 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 48 hr |
| Oct 10, 12:58 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | PSR | Imperial, San Bernardino | 36 hr |
| Oct 10, 1:15 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | HNX | Kern, Tulare | 34 hr |
| Oct 17, 5:41 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | REV | Mono | 20 hr |
| Oct 22, 2:59 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 56 hr |
| Oct 23, 11:27 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | REV | Mono | 40 hr |
| Nov 2, 12:31 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc | 52 hr |
| Nov 7, 1:36 AM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 53 hr |
| Nov 24, 3:29 AM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 36 hr |
| Nov 24, 2:02 PM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 25 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:56 AM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc | 54 hr |
| Dec 12, 11:55 AM PST | High Wind Warning | MTR | Monterey, San Benito | 34 hr |
| Dec 13, 2:08 AM PST | High Wind Warning | HNX | Kern | 26 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:13 AM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | Santa Barbara | 31 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:50 AM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 44 hr |
| Dec 13, 1:15 PM PST | High Wind Warning | PSR | Imperial, San Bernardino | 40 hr |
| Dec 14, 12:16 PM PST | High Wind Warning | EKA | Del Norte | 27 hr |
| Dec 14, 2:16 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 29 hr |
| Dec 26, 12:03 PM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 32 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- San Bernardino County17
- San Diego County11
- Riverside County10
- Modoc County8
- Siskiyou County6
- Los Angeles County6
- Santa Barbara County5
- Inyo County5
- Mono County4
- Orange County4
- Imperial County4
- Monterey County3
- Del Norte County2
- San Mateo County2
- Santa Clara County2
- Santa Cruz County2
- Kern County2
- Alpine County1
- El Dorado County1
- Lassen County1
- Nevada County1
- Placer County1
- Plumas County1
- Sierra County1
- Marin County1
- City and County of San Francisco1
- Sonoma County1
- Tulare County1
- San Benito 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.