Alert archive / California / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in California, 2016
50 high wind watches in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 50
- Busiest month
- January10 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- January 30, 20163 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 11, 4:13 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 11 hr |
| Jan 15, 4:32 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 33 hr |
| Jan 18, 4:14 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 10 hr |
| Jan 26, 2:32 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 48 hr |
| Jan 27, 12:46 PM PST | High Wind Watch | REV | Mono | 26 hr |
| Jan 28, 2:52 AM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 31 hr |
| Jan 29, 1:51 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 14 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:43 PM PST | High Wind Watch | HNX | 16 hr | |
| Jan 30, 2:46 PM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 12 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:31 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | 11 hr | |
| Feb 6, 12:59 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 14 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:52 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 13 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:22 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 12 hr |
| Feb 16, 7:17 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | San Bernardino | 18 hr |
| Feb 16, 7:34 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | 16 hr | |
| Feb 29, 1:55 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc | 13 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:29 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 25 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:03 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 13 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:48 PM PST | High Wind Watch | REV | Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Sierra | 21 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:10 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 24 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:38 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 12 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:25 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 36 hr |
| Mar 26, 11:30 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 16 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:06 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 18 hr |
| Apr 13, 9:53 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 18 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:18 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | HNX | 19 hr | |
| May 18, 2:16 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 12 hr |
| Oct 11, 3:03 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 12 hr |
| Oct 11, 3:59 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada and 3 more | 31 hr |
| Oct 11, 1:31 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt | 15 hr |
| Oct 12, 2:24 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 51 hr |
| Oct 12, 2:20 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 61 hr |
| Oct 13, 9:24 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada and 3 more | 30 hr |
| Oct 13, 11:56 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity | 16 hr |
| Oct 23, 3:15 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 5 hr |
| Oct 28, 2:27 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 24 hr |
| Nov 25, 4:25 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc | 15 hr |
| Nov 25, 1:57 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 13 hr |
| Nov 26, 3:59 AM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | 19 hr | |
| Nov 27, 4:02 AM PST | High Wind Watch | REV | Modoc | 10 hr |
| Nov 30, 1:16 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 13 hr |
| Nov 30, 2:15 PM PST | High Wind Watch | HNX | 21 hr | |
| Nov 30, 3:00 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 12 hr |
| Dec 6, 1:20 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 39 hr |
| Dec 12, 2:27 PM PST | High Wind Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Mono, Nevada, Placer | 20 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:19 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc | 10 hr |
| Dec 13, 2:28 PM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 24 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:09 AM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | 23 hr | |
| Dec 14, 4:19 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MTR | Marin, Monterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and 1 more | 23 hr |
| Dec 14, 9:34 AM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 21 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Modoc County18
- Siskiyou County12
- San Bernardino County11
- Riverside County7
- San Diego County7
- Inyo County5
- Mono County4
- Orange County3
- Los Angeles County3
- Lassen County3
- Plumas County3
- Sierra County3
- Alpine County3
- El Dorado County3
- Nevada County3
- Placer County3
- Del Norte County2
- Humboldt County2
- Trinity County1
- Marin County1
- Monterey County1
- San Benito County1
- San Mateo County1
- Santa Clara County1
- Santa Cruz County1
- 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.