Alert archive / California / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in California, 2024
46 high wind watches in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 46
- Busiest month
- February11 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- March 12, 20246 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 4, 1:08 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 22 hr |
| Jan 5, 11:00 AM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Ventura | 23 hr |
| Jan 5, 12:45 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 14 hr |
| Jan 7, 1:27 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc | 30 hr |
| Jan 8, 12:23 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 25 hr |
| Jan 11, 1:14 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 24 hr |
| Jan 28, 1:52 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 30 hr |
| Jan 28, 2:43 PM PST | High Wind Watch | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt | 24 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:07 PM PST | High Wind Watch | EKA | Mendocino | 12 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:33 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 13 hr |
| Feb 2, 1:03 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 9 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:47 AM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | 9 hr | |
| Feb 17, 12:45 PM PST | High Wind Watch | EKA | Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Trinity | 25 hr |
| Feb 18, 12:37 PM PST | High Wind Watch | STO | 13 hr | |
| Feb 26, 1:22 PM PST | High Wind Watch | REV | Modoc | 24 hr |
| Feb 26, 1:26 PM PST | High Wind Watch | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt | 25 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:52 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 10 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:26 AM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 24 hr |
| Feb 29, 1:19 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 14 hr |
| Feb 29, 1:30 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 16 hr |
| Feb 29, 1:46 PM PST | High Wind Watch | HNX | Fresno, Kern, Kings, Merced | 12 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:20 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Ventura | 35 hr |
| Mar 12, 4:42 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 22 hr |
| Mar 12, 9:40 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | STO | 16 hr | |
| Mar 12, 9:48 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Mono, Nevada, Placer and 2 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 12, 10:00 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | HNX | Fresno, Kern, Madera, Mariposa, Tulare, Tuolumne | 15 hr |
| Mar 12, 11:09 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 15 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:32 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | LOX | San Luis Obispo | 24 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:10 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 24 hr |
| Apr 25, 2:17 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Ventura | 12 hr |
| May 2, 12:02 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 23 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:56 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | HNX | Kern | 50 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:16 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 24 hr |
| Oct 31, 11:28 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | HNX | Kern | 38 hr |
| Nov 4, 2:31 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 23 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:50 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 33 hr |
| Nov 17, 5:08 AM PST | High Wind Watch | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt | 24 hr |
| Nov 20, 2:23 PM PST | High Wind Watch | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt | 17 hr |
| Dec 8, 1:43 AM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Ventura | 19 hr |
| Dec 11, 12:55 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 22 hr |
| Dec 12, 1:07 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MTR | Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 22, 1:07 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 11 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:11 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 10 hr |
| Dec 24, 1:46 PM PST | High Wind Watch | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt | 11 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:42 PM PST | High Wind Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Mono, Nevada, Placer | 11 hr |
| Dec 27, 8:27 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Los Angeles County9
- Ventura County8
- San Bernardino County8
- Siskiyou County8
- Modoc County6
- Humboldt County6
- Riverside County5
- San Diego County5
- Del Norte County5
- Santa Barbara County4
- Inyo County4
- Kern County4
- Orange County3
- Mendocino County2
- San Luis Obispo County2
- Fresno County2
- Alpine County2
- El Dorado County2
- Mono County2
- Nevada County2
- Placer County2
- Lake County1
- Trinity County1
- Kings County1
- Merced County1
- Lassen County1
- Plumas County1
- Sierra County1
- Madera County1
- Mariposa County1
- Tulare County1
- Tuolumne County1
- Marin County1
- Monterey County1
- City and County of San Francisco1
- 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.