Alert archive / California / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in California, 2011
74 high wind watches in 2011. 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 74
- Busiest month
- March17 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- March 18, 20115 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 13, 3:30 AM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | 11 hr | |
| Jan 18, 2:42 AM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 35 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:31 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 13 hr |
| Jan 22, 4:53 AM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | 8 hr | |
| Jan 30, 3:26 PM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 36 hr |
| Jan 31, 12:45 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 14 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:32 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | 13 hr | |
| Feb 12, 3:04 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 24 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:13 PM PST | High Wind Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 15, 4:31 AM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 10 hr |
| Feb 15, 1:00 PM PST | High Wind Watch | HNX | 14 hr | |
| Feb 17, 3:47 AM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Santa Barbara | 11 hr |
| Feb 17, 10:25 AM PST | High Wind Watch | HNX | 7 hr | |
| Feb 28, 3:53 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 11 hr |
| Mar 5, 1:31 PM PST | High Wind Watch | HNX | 24 hr | |
| Mar 5, 2:18 PM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 24 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:24 AM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 19 hr |
| Mar 6, 8:12 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | 8 hr | |
| Mar 11, 2:01 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 21 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:22 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | REV | Mono | 7 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:47 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 35 hr |
| Mar 18, 9:49 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito and 5 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 18, 1:17 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | HNX | 22 hr | |
| Mar 18, 2:27 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | STO | 16 hr | |
| Mar 18, 3:07 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara | 31 hr |
| Mar 18, 4:00 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 8 hr |
| Mar 18, 7:49 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | REV | Mono | 19 hr |
| Mar 18, 11:42 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 28 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:22 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 24 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:08 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | STO | 12 hr | |
| Mar 25, 3:18 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 24 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:10 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 14 hr |
| Apr 5, 1:32 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 12 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:01 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | PSR | 13 hr | |
| Apr 5, 5:05 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 11 hr |
| Apr 5, 5:05 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 23 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:21 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 24 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:23 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 12 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:49 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 2:04 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 7 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:44 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | REV | Mono | 24 hr |
| Apr 24, 4:13 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 24 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:55 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | LOX | 14 hr | |
| Apr 27, 3:11 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 13 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:50 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 11 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:07 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | SGX | San Diego | 17 hr |
| May 6, 1:00 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 38 hr |
| May 6, 2:25 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | LOX | 37 hr | |
| May 7, 3:28 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 11 hr |
| May 23, 3:15 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | REV | Mono | 24 hr |
| May 23, 3:28 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 24 hr |
| May 25, 3:22 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | LOX | 24 hr | |
| May 27, 3:03 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 13 hr |
| May 31, 3:30 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 12 hr |
| Oct 3, 3:10 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 24 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:23 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | LOX | 12 hr | |
| Nov 1, 2:21 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 42 hr |
| Nov 1, 2:49 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | REV | Mono | 25 hr |
| Nov 15, 2:42 PM PST | High Wind Watch | REV | Mono | 38 hr |
| Nov 16, 9:53 PM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 17 hr |
| Nov 28, 3:09 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MTR | San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz | 24 hr |
| Nov 29, 4:02 AM PST | High Wind Watch | STO | 11 hr | |
| Nov 29, 4:03 AM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 11 hr |
| Nov 29, 4:37 AM PST | High Wind Watch | HNX | 8 hr | |
| Nov 29, 2:00 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 8 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:16 PM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 13 hr |
| Dec 3, 2:18 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 24 hr |
| Dec 4, 1:22 AM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 12 hr |
| Dec 14, 2:00 AM PST | High Wind Watch | HNX | 33 hr | |
| Dec 14, 3:19 AM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 24 hr |
| Dec 14, 9:21 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 16 hr |
| Dec 20, 2:10 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 24 hr |
| Dec 26, 2:14 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 32 hr |
| Dec 28, 2:39 PM PST | High Wind Watch | REV | Lassen, Mono, Plumas, Sierra | 25 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Inyo County19
- San Bernardino County17
- San Diego County10
- Riverside County9
- Mono County8
- Los Angeles County6
- Siskiyou County6
- Orange County5
- Lassen County2
- Modoc County2
- Plumas County2
- Sierra County2
- Santa Barbara County2
- San Mateo County2
- Santa Clara County2
- Santa Cruz County2
- Alpine County1
- El Dorado County1
- Nevada County1
- Placer County1
- Alameda County1
- Contra Costa County1
- Marin County1
- Monterey County1
- Napa County1
- San Benito County1
- City and County of San Francisco1
- Sonoma 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.