High Wind Watches in California
1,068 high wind watches since 1986. 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 1,068
- Busiest year
- 201174 high wind watches
- Average year
- 49over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- San Bernardino County260
- Riverside County175
- San Diego County173
- Inyo County137
- Modoc County135
- Siskiyou County110
- Los Angeles County103
- Orange County86
- Mono County73
- Santa Clara County44
- San Mateo County44
- Santa Cruz County44
- Plumas County41
- Sierra County41
- Lassen County41
- Alpine County40
- Nevada County40
- El Dorado County40
- Placer County40
- Santa Barbara County40
- Marin County36
- Sonoma County36
- Ventura County33
- Monterey County32
- City and County of San Francisco32
- Alameda County30
- Contra Costa County30
- San Benito County28
- Del Norte County27
- Humboldt County26
- Napa County25
- Kern County22
- Mendocino County18
- San Luis Obispo County15
- Trinity County9
- Fresno County9
- Tulare County7
- Madera County6
- Mariposa County6
- Lake County5
4 more counties
The latest high wind watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 11:49 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | REV | Mono | 24 hr |
| May 14, 11:27 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 24 hr |
| Apr 1, 11:24 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Ventura | 24 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:22 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | HNX | Kern | 8 hr |
| Mar 30, 1:15 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | REV | Lassen, Mono, Plumas, Sierra | 21 hr |
| Mar 5, 12:45 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino | 12 hr |
| Mar 5, 11:09 AM PST | High Wind Watch | HNX | Kern | 20 hr |
| Mar 3, 12:05 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 12 hr |
| Feb 14, 12:21 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 24 hr |
| Feb 14, 11:33 AM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Diego | 23 hr |
| Jan 7, 1:59 AM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 10 hr |
| Jan 6, 12:29 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 14 hr |
Nearby
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.