Alert archive / California / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in California, 2010
57 high wind watches in 2010. 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 in 2010. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 57
- Busiest month
- April12 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- January 19, 20104 high wind watches
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 9, 2:46 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 24 hr |
| Jan 12, 2:32 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 24 hr |
| Jan 16, 2:29 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Santa Barbara | 29 hr |
| Jan 17, 5:16 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MTR | Monterey, San Benito, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz | 9 hr |
| Jan 17, 1:31 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 14 hr |
| Jan 18, 11:18 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, San Benito, City and County of San Francisco and 4 more | 14 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:55 AM PST | High Wind Watch | STO | 18 hr | |
| Jan 19, 3:37 AM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara | 24 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:37 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 25 hr |
| Jan 19, 4:11 PM PST | High Wind Watch | HNX | 13 hr | |
| Jan 20, 9:03 AM PST | High Wind Watch | PSR | 18 hr | |
| Feb 23, 2:47 PM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 12 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:35 AM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | 10 hr | |
| Mar 7, 3:27 PM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 24 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:00 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | 6 hr | |
| Mar 10, 3:45 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 24 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:55 AM PST | High Wind Watch | HNX | 8 hr | |
| Mar 27, 1:22 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada and 3 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:12 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 36 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:59 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 25 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:18 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 8 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:36 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | LOX | 10 hr | |
| Apr 9, 2:04 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 11, 5:30 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | LOX | 5 hr | |
| Apr 25, 3:29 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | REV | Mono | 36 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:57 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 12 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:46 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | HNX | 36 hr | |
| Apr 26, 3:55 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 12 hr |
| Apr 26, 7:46 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:33 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | LOX | 11 hr | |
| Apr 27, 2:04 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | LOX | 14 hr | |
| Apr 28, 4:07 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | LOX | 30 hr | |
| May 10, 4:42 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | LOX | 6 hr | |
| May 19, 3:40 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 36 hr |
| May 26, 3:44 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 7 hr |
| May 26, 3:14 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 24 hr |
| May 27, 3:39 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | HNX | 11 hr | |
| May 27, 2:23 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | LOX | 14 hr | |
| Jun 8, 3:23 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 24 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:42 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 25 hr |
| Oct 22, 2:46 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Mono, Nevada, Placer | 20 hr |
| Oct 22, 3:00 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 23 hr |
| Nov 7, 2:59 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | 21 hr | |
| Nov 19, 4:40 AM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 23 hr |
| Nov 19, 2:28 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | 8 hr | |
| Nov 26, 8:54 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 17 hr |
| Nov 28, 3:17 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | 6 hr | |
| Dec 6, 3:57 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 24 hr |
| Dec 12, 3:13 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc | 25 hr |
| Dec 16, 4:15 PM PST | High Wind Watch | REV | Mono | 23 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:18 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | 13 hr | |
| Dec 21, 4:17 AM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | 11 hr | |
| Dec 27, 3:45 PM PST | High Wind Watch | HNX | 28 hr | |
| Dec 28, 2:18 AM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 24 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:56 AM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 10 hr |
| Dec 28, 4:03 AM PST | High Wind Watch | STO | 9 hr | |
| Dec 28, 5:05 AM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 15 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Inyo County10
- San Bernardino County9
- Riverside County6
- San Diego County6
- Siskiyou County5
- Mono County4
- Los Angeles County3
- Monterey County3
- San Benito County3
- City and County of San Francisco3
- San Mateo County3
- Santa Clara County3
- Santa Cruz County3
- Modoc County3
- Santa Barbara County2
- Alameda County2
- Contra Costa County2
- Marin County2
- Sonoma County2
- Alpine County2
- El Dorado County2
- Nevada County2
- Placer County2
- Lassen County1
- Plumas County1
- Sierra County1
- Napa 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.