Alert archive / California / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in California, 2025
49 high wind watches in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 49
- Busiest month
- March13 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- December 22, 20256 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, 12:26 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Ventura | 47 hr |
| Jan 4, 12:38 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 49 hr |
| Jan 5, 10:19 AM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 15 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:54 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Ventura | 15 hr |
| Jan 10, 12:47 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Ventura | 13 hr |
| Jan 12, 1:39 AM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Ventura | 13 hr |
| Jan 18, 12:06 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Ventura | 23 hr |
| Jan 18, 8:57 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 16 hr |
| Jan 21, 10:43 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Ventura | 2 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:41 AM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 9 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:46 PM PST | High Wind Watch | REV | Mono | 48 hr |
| Feb 11, 12:08 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito and 5 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 11, 12:53 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 23 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:57 AM PST | High Wind Watch | HNX | Kern | 11 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:10 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 23 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:34 AM PST | High Wind Watch | EKA | Del Norte | 12 hr |
| Mar 4, 9:37 AM PST | High Wind Watch | HNX | Kern | 17 hr |
| Mar 10, 4:31 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | HNX | Fresno, Kern, Kings, Merced | 37 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:37 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | LOX | San Luis Obispo | 23 hr |
| Mar 12, 12:27 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 12 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:52 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | EKA | Del Norte | 25 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:07 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | REV | Modoc | 14 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:01 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 23 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:16 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | HNX | Kern | 10 hr |
| Mar 17, 8:58 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 17 hr |
| Mar 24, 8:51 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 15 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:06 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | REV | Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Sierra | 24 hr |
| Mar 29, 12:31 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 22 hr |
| Mar 30, 7:55 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | HNX | Kern | 13 hr |
| May 15, 9:49 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | HNX | Kern | 23 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:29 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | LOX | Santa Barbara | 14 hr |
| Oct 23, 1:58 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | EKA | Del Norte | 26 hr |
| Nov 2, 11:04 PM PST | High Wind Watch | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino | 23 hr |
| Nov 3, 1:31 AM PST | High Wind Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Mono, Nevada, Placer | 23 hr |
| Nov 10, 11:53 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 24 hr |
| Nov 10, 11:53 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc | 2 min |
| Dec 14, 9:13 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc | 26 hr |
| Dec 16, 12:53 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc | 26 hr |
| Dec 21, 12:52 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 24 hr |
| Dec 21, 8:49 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito and 5 more | 21 hr |
| Dec 21, 9:37 PM PST | High Wind Watch | EKA | Lake, Mendocino | 16 hr |
| Dec 22, 1:12 AM PST | High Wind Watch | HNX | Fresno, Kern, Kings, Merced | 18 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:55 AM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 14 hr |
| Dec 22, 10:25 AM PST | High Wind Watch | STO | 19 hr | |
| Dec 22, 12:19 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | San Bernardino | 6 hr |
| Dec 23, 6:56 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 18 hr |
| Dec 23, 9:21 PM PST | High Wind Watch | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino | 15 hr |
| Dec 27, 11:45 AM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Ventura | 26 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:13 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Orange, 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 County10
- Los Angeles County9
- Ventura County8
- Kern County7
- San Bernardino County6
- Siskiyou County6
- Del Norte County5
- Orange County4
- Riverside County4
- San Diego County4
- San Luis Obispo County3
- Santa Barbara County3
- Mendocino County3
- Mono County2
- Alameda County2
- Contra Costa County2
- Marin County2
- Monterey County2
- Napa County2
- San Benito County2
- City and County of San Francisco2
- San Mateo County2
- Santa Clara County2
- Santa Cruz County2
- Sonoma County2
- Fresno County2
- Kings County2
- Merced County2
- Inyo County2
- Humboldt County2
- Lake County2
- Lassen County1
- Plumas County1
- Sierra County1
- Alpine County1
- El Dorado County1
- Nevada County1
- Placer 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.