Alert archive / California / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in California, 2012
69 high wind watches in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 69
- Busiest month
- February16 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- March 4, 20125 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 5, 8:53 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 31 hr |
| Jan 6, 2:46 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 12 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:07 PM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 24 hr |
| Jan 16, 2:41 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 13 hr |
| Jan 19, 1:15 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 24 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:26 PM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 24 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:27 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 25 hr |
| Jan 22, 1:39 AM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 12 hr |
| Jan 22, 8:04 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 22 hr |
| Jan 25, 8:56 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 29 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:01 AM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | 24 hr | |
| Feb 5, 1:55 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MTR | Marin, Monterey, San Benito, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:58 AM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Santa Barbara | 9 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:05 AM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Diego | 11 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:14 AM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 34 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:36 AM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 33 hr |
| Feb 14, 1:52 PM PST | High Wind Watch | HNX | 19 hr | |
| Feb 14, 3:07 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | 24 hr | |
| Feb 23, 2:17 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc | 13 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:13 AM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 36 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:14 AM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 24 hr |
| Feb 26, 2:47 PM PST | High Wind Watch | REV | Mono | 37 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:59 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 8 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:50 PM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 12 hr |
| Feb 29, 5:35 AM PST | High Wind Watch | HNX | 6 hr | |
| Feb 29, 11:30 AM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 3 hr |
| Feb 29, 1:58 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | 14 hr | |
| Feb 29, 9:53 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 24 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:32 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc | 12 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:52 AM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 23 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:56 PM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 26 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:29 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | 13 hr | |
| Mar 4, 2:31 PM PST | High Wind Watch | HNX | 12 hr | |
| Mar 10, 3:00 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 23 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:03 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 48 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:32 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 11 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:35 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 24 hr |
| Mar 25, 4:24 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 33 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:11 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | REV | Modoc, Mono | 35 hr |
| Mar 29, 1:25 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 13 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:24 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 13 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:54 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 20 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:57 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 10 hr |
| Apr 12, 2:55 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 11 hr |
| Apr 12, 4:30 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 11 hr |
| May 16, 3:22 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 24 hr |
| May 21, 2:10 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | LOX | 13 hr | |
| May 22, 2:19 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | LOX | 13 hr | |
| May 22, 2:54 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 24 hr |
| May 24, 7:32 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | HNX | 15 hr | |
| Jun 2, 3:21 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 24 hr |
| Jun 3, 10:09 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | LOX | 30 hr | |
| Jun 4, 2:25 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | HNX | 24 hr | |
| Oct 20, 3:19 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 36 hr |
| Oct 23, 1:25 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 39 hr |
| Oct 23, 2:43 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 24 hr |
| Nov 6, 2:20 AM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 37 hr |
| Nov 6, 2:35 PM PST | High Wind Watch | REV | Mono | 19 hr |
| Nov 16, 3:36 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 47 hr |
| Nov 27, 2:46 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 36 hr |
| Nov 27, 2:30 PM PST | High Wind Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Mono, Nevada, Placer | 24 hr |
| Nov 28, 3:22 PM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 72 hr |
| Nov 30, 4:46 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 23 hr |
| Nov 30, 2:31 PM PST | High Wind Watch | EKA | 13 hr | |
| Dec 2, 4:11 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 12 hr |
| Dec 7, 11:07 AM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 26 hr |
| Dec 7, 2:23 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | 24 hr | |
| Dec 16, 3:12 AM PST | High Wind Watch | REV | Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Sierra | 8 hr |
| Dec 17, 2:00 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- San Bernardino County23
- Riverside County17
- San Diego County17
- Inyo County11
- Siskiyou County11
- Modoc County9
- Orange County7
- Mono County4
- Los Angeles County2
- Marin County1
- Monterey County1
- San Benito County1
- City and County of San Francisco1
- San Mateo County1
- Santa Clara County1
- Santa Cruz County1
- Sonoma County1
- Santa Barbara County1
- Alpine County1
- El Dorado County1
- Nevada County1
- Placer County1
- Lassen County1
- Plumas County1
- Sierra 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.