Alert archive / California / Orange County

Weather alerts in Orange County, California, 2020

99 weather alerts in 2020, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Orange County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
99
Warnings
20
Watches
17
Advisories
47
Busiest month
December24 alerts
Busiest day
December 28, 20205 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

Orange County, 2020

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings00
Severe thunderstorm warnings00
Flash flood warnings2150%0

Each office's whole area, 2020

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS San Diego, CA: tornado warnings010%
NWS San Diego, CA: severe thunderstorm warnings90100%40%
NWS San Diego, CA: flash flood warnings14750%3465%91 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 3, 1:00 PM PSTHigh Wind WatchSGX24 hr
Jan 4, 1:00 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningSGX49 hr
Jan 4, 1:00 PM PSTWind AdvisorySGX56 hr
Jan 23, 2:56 PM PSTHigh Surf AdvisorySGX3 days
Jan 24, 8:10 PM PSTDense Fog AdvisorySGX14 hr
Jan 27, 8:09 PM PSTHigh Wind WatchSGX17 hr
Jan 27, 8:09 PM PSTWind AdvisorySGX4 days
Jan 28, 1:07 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningSGX48 hr
Feb 2, 1:37 AM PSTBeach Hazards StatementSGX48 hr
Feb 3, 4:15 AM PSTHigh Wind WatchSGX9 hr
Feb 3, 12:59 PM PSTWind AdvisorySGX39 hr
Feb 5, 3:41 AM PSTFrost AdvisorySGX4 hr
Feb 9, 4:15 AM PSTWind AdvisorySGX29 hr
Feb 10, 9:37 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningSGX28 hr
Feb 22, 3:00 AM PSTBeach Hazards StatementSGX13 hr
Feb 24, 12:09 PM PSTWind AdvisorySGX72 hr
Feb 29, 3:03 AM PSTWind AdvisorySGX57 hr
Mar 1, 11:48 AM PSTHigh Wind WatchSGX14 hr
Mar 2, 11:57 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningSGX24 hr
Mar 6, 2:38 AM PSTDense Fog AdvisorySGX6 hr
Mar 10, 2:18 AM PDTBeach Hazards StatementSGX24 hr
Mar 12, 10:39 AM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGX3 hr
Mar 12, 12:31 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGX6 hr
Mar 12, 2:22 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningSGX3 hr
Apr 6, 8:07 AM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGX3 hr
Apr 6, 10:23 AM PDTFlash Flood WarningSGX3 hr
Apr 6, 1:02 PM PDTFlash Flood WatchSGX4 days
Apr 7, 7:08 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGX112 min
Apr 10, 3:54 AM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGX4 hr
Apr 10, 7:43 AM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGX3 hr
Apr 22, 1:01 PM PDTHeat AdvisorySGX3 days
Apr 25, 6:19 PM PDTDense Fog AdvisorySGX14 hr
Apr 26, 8:32 PM PDTDense Fog AdvisorySGX11 hr
May 3, 1:22 PM PDTHeat AdvisorySGX5 days
May 10, 1:48 AM PDTBeach Hazards StatementSGX66 hr
May 29, 2:04 AM PDTBeach Hazards StatementSGX60 hr
Jun 7, 2:35 AM PDTWind AdvisorySGX36 hr
Jun 7, 12:29 PM PDTHeat AdvisorySGX55 hr
Jun 10, 2:59 AM PDTHeat AdvisorySGX16 hr
Jul 2, 2:46 AM PDTBeach Hazards StatementSGX49 hr
Jul 2, 12:49 PM PDTHigh Surf AdvisorySGX4 days
Jul 4, 3:40 AM PDTCoastal Flood AdvisorySGX22 hr
Jul 9, 1:29 PM PDTHeat AdvisorySGX3 days
Jul 29, 2:19 AM PDTHeat AdvisorySGX4 days
Aug 2, 4:52 AM PDTDense Fog AdvisorySGX3 hr
Aug 11, 12:38 PM PDTExcessive Heat WatchSGX25 hr
Aug 12, 1:39 PM PDTExcessive Heat WarningSGX9 days
Sep 1, 2:44 AM PDTExcessive Heat WatchSGX33 hr
Sep 2, 12:12 PM PDTExcessive Heat WarningSGX5 days
Sep 6, 2:09 PM PDTFire Weather WatchSGX23 hr
Sep 7, 1:09 PM PDTRed Flag WarningSGX55 hr
Sep 27, 1:10 PM PDTHeat AdvisorySGX4 days
Sep 30, 1:30 PM PDTExcessive Heat WarningSGX55 hr
Sep 30, 1:30 PM PDTHeat AdvisorySGX55 hr
Oct 11, 12:32 PM PDTHeat AdvisorySGX5 days
Oct 14, 12:40 PM PDTFire Weather WatchSGX21 hr
Oct 15, 10:00 AM PDTRed Flag WarningSGX32 hr
Oct 17, 1:50 AM PDTDense Fog AdvisorySGX8 hr
Oct 17, 9:08 PM PDTDense Fog AdvisorySGX13 hr
Oct 23, 1:26 PM PDTFire Weather WatchSGX24 hr
Oct 23, 1:38 PM PDTHigh Wind WatchSGX24 hr
Oct 24, 1:40 PM PDTRed Flag WarningSGX3 days
Oct 24, 1:55 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningSGX3 days
Oct 24, 1:55 PM PDTWind AdvisorySGX51 hr
Oct 31, 2:33 AM PDTDense Fog AdvisorySGX6 hr
Nov 5, 1:30 PM PSTBeach Hazards StatementSGX39 hr
Nov 5, 1:37 PM PSTWind AdvisorySGX3 days
Nov 7, 4:13 AM PSTHigh Surf AdvisorySGX46 hr
Nov 12, 1:57 PM PSTBeach Hazards StatementSGX5 days
Nov 22, 8:49 PM PSTDense Fog AdvisorySGX6 hr
Nov 24, 1:26 PM PSTFire Weather WatchSGX24 hr
Nov 25, 1:25 PM PSTRed Flag WarningSGX68 hr
Nov 26, 10:02 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningSGX27 hr
Nov 26, 10:02 AM PSTWind AdvisorySGX27 hr
Nov 30, 12:50 PM PSTFire Weather WatchSGX23 hr
Dec 1, 12:11 PM PSTRed Flag WarningSGX71 hr
Dec 1, 12:12 PM PSTHigh Wind WatchSGX15 hr
Dec 2, 2:45 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningSGX39 hr
Dec 2, 5:06 PM PSTBeach Hazards StatementSGX59 hr
Dec 4, 1:07 PM PSTFire Weather WatchSGX24 hr
Dec 5, 12:59 PM PSTRed Flag WarningSGX3 days
Dec 6, 2:10 AM PSTBeach Hazards StatementSGX24 hr
Dec 6, 1:11 PM PSTHigh Wind WatchSGX15 hr
Dec 7, 1:49 AM PSTHigh Surf AdvisorySGX72 hr
Dec 7, 4:30 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningSGX33 hr
Dec 12, 12:37 PM PSTBeach Hazards StatementSGX5 days
Dec 21, 1:08 PM PSTFire Weather WatchSGX21 hr
Dec 21, 8:47 PM PSTDense Fog AdvisorySGX9 hr
Dec 22, 9:55 AM PSTRed Flag WarningSGX50 hr
Dec 24, 1:18 PM PSTBeach Hazards StatementSGX61 hr
Dec 27, 1:48 AM PSTHigh Surf AdvisorySGX3 days
Dec 28, 1:22 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisorySGX3 hr
Dec 28, 12:43 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSGX47 min
Dec 28, 1:17 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisorySGX3 hr
Dec 28, 2:58 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSGX47 min
Dec 28, 3:51 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSGX54 min
Dec 28, 4:08 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisorySGX4 hr
Dec 28, 6:11 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisorySGX4 hr
Dec 31, 2:53 AM PSTWind AdvisorySGX33 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

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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.