Alert archive / California / High Wind Watches / 2021
High Wind Watches in California, January 2021
13 high wind watches in January 2021. 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 January 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 13
- Busiest day
- January 17, 20213 high wind watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 2, 2:29 PM PST | High Wind Watch | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino | 13 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:42 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MTR | 23 hr | |
| Jan 15, 1:20 PM PST | High Wind Watch | STO | 48 hr | |
| Jan 16, 2:02 PM PST | High Wind Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Mono, Nevada, Placer and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 16, 4:08 PM PST | High Wind Watch | HNX | 21 hr | |
| Jan 16, 6:33 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 42 hr |
| Jan 16, 6:42 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 33 hr |
| Jan 23, 9:10 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | 17 hr | |
| Jan 25, 2:15 AM PST | High Wind Watch | STO | 13 hr | |
| Jan 25, 2:55 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:33 AM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | 11 hr | |
| Jan 29, 2:43 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 37 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:13 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc | 49 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Del Norte County1
- Humboldt County1
- Lake County1
- Mendocino County1
- Alpine County1
- El Dorado County1
- Lassen County1
- Mono County1
- Nevada County1
- Placer County1
- Plumas County1
- Sierra County1
- Orange County1
- Riverside County1
- San Bernardino County1
- San Diego County1
- Los Angeles County1
- Alameda County1
- Contra Costa County1
- Marin County1
- Monterey County1
- Napa County1
- San Benito County1
- City and County of San Francisco1
- San Mateo County1
- Santa Clara County1
- Santa Cruz County1
- Sonoma County1
- Siskiyou County1
- Modoc County1
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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.