Alert archive / California / San Mateo County

Weather alerts in San Mateo County, California, 2021

77 weather alerts in 2021, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

San Mateo County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2021. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
77
Warnings
10
Watches
7
Advisories
53
Busiest month
December23 alerts
Busiest day
December 13, 20216 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

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

San Mateo County, 2021

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings00
Severe thunderstorm warnings00
Flash flood warnings3167%20%

Each office's whole area, 2021

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA: flash flood warnings16288%307%354 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 1, 8:02 AM PSTHigh Surf AdvisoryMTR49 hr
Jan 3, 8:38 AM PSTHigh Surf AdvisoryMTR62 hr
Jan 5, 4:02 AM PSTDense Fog AdvisoryMTR7 hr
Jan 7, 12:46 AM PSTHigh Surf AdvisoryMTR53 hr
Jan 9, 8:18 AM PSTHigh Surf WarningMTR37 hr
Jan 10, 1:09 AM PSTCoastal Flood AdvisoryMTR36 hr
Jan 11, 2:35 PM PSTCoastal Flood AdvisoryMTR22 hr
Jan 11, 2:35 PM PSTHigh Surf AdvisoryMTR54 hr
Jan 14, 8:04 PM PSTHigh Surf AdvisoryMTR47 hr
Jan 16, 2:29 AM PSTWind AdvisoryMTR4 days
Jan 16, 7:08 PM PSTHigh Surf AdvisoryMTR47 hr
Jan 17, 1:39 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningMTR44 hr
Jan 23, 12:53 PM PSTWind AdvisoryMTR45 hr
Jan 24, 2:14 PM PSTBeach Hazards StatementMTR5 hr
Jan 24, 5:19 PM PSTFlash Flood WatchMTR4 days
Jan 25, 2:55 AM PSTHigh Wind WatchMTR12 hr
Jan 25, 2:42 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningMTR45 hr
Jan 25, 2:42 PM PSTWind AdvisoryMTR61 hr
Jan 26, 10:56 PM PSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatMTR4 hr
Jan 26, 11:18 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTR4 hr
Jan 27, 12:33 PM PSTFlash Flood WarningMTR6 hr
Jan 27, 2:11 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTR5 hr
Feb 23, 2:36 AM PSTWind AdvisoryMTR49 hr
Mar 3, 2:10 PM PSTBeach Hazards StatementMTR37 hr
Mar 8, 8:17 AM PSTBeach Hazards StatementMTR13 hr
Mar 14, 1:04 PM PDTWind AdvisoryMTR25 hr
Mar 19, 3:38 AM PDTBeach Hazards StatementMTR18 hr
Mar 29, 2:56 AM PDTWind AdvisoryMTR31 hr
May 18, 4:47 AM PDTWind AdvisoryMTR48 hr
May 20, 11:10 AM PDTWind AdvisoryMTR10 hr
Jun 6, 1:48 PM PDTWind AdvisoryMTR30 hr
Jun 14, 1:17 PM PDTHeat AdvisoryMTR4 days
Jul 8, 3:33 AM PDTExcessive Heat WarningMTR4 days
Jul 16, 11:20 AM PDTFire Weather WatchMTR26 hr
Jul 17, 1:47 PM PDTRed Flag WarningMTR37 hr
Sep 5, 6:34 AM PDTDense Fog AdvisoryMTR3 hr
Sep 27, 11:31 AM PDTBeach Hazards StatementMTR35 hr
Oct 7, 2:21 PM PDTFire Weather WatchMTR61 hr
Oct 9, 1:50 PM PDTWind AdvisoryMTR54 hr
Oct 10, 3:03 AM PDTRed Flag WarningMTR62 hr
Oct 19, 1:39 PM PDTWind AdvisoryMTR14 hr
Oct 22, 10:48 AM PDTFlash Flood WatchMTR65 hr
Oct 22, 12:56 PM PDTHigh Surf AdvisoryMTR10 hr
Oct 22, 1:38 PM PDTWind AdvisoryMTR57 hr
Oct 22, 2:18 PM PDTHigh Surf WarningMTR4 days
Oct 24, 4:19 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTR10 hr
Oct 24, 8:19 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTR9 hr
Oct 26, 10:41 AM PDTHigh Surf AdvisoryMTR9 hr
Oct 28, 8:37 AM PDTBeach Hazards StatementMTR9 hr
Nov 7, 1:24 PM PSTWind AdvisoryMTR38 hr
Nov 12, 7:37 AM PSTDense Fog AdvisoryMTR2 hr
Nov 12, 11:02 PM PSTDense Fog AdvisoryMTR13 hr
Nov 13, 9:35 PM PSTDense Fog AdvisoryMTR13 hr
Nov 26, 9:48 AM PSTBeach Hazards StatementMTR8 hr
Dec 2, 12:37 PM PSTCoastal Flood AdvisoryMTR3 days
Dec 11, 12:58 PM PSTWind AdvisoryMTR51 hr
Dec 11, 1:12 PM PSTHigh Surf AdvisoryMTR4 days
Dec 12, 8:41 AM PSTFlash Flood WatchMTR40 hr
Dec 13, 4:29 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTR18 hr
Dec 13, 5:31 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTR7 hr
Dec 13, 9:14 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTR3 hr
Dec 13, 10:45 AM PSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatMTR60 min
Dec 13, 12:00 PM PSTFlood WatchMTR13 hr
Dec 13, 1:26 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTR11 hr
Dec 13, 7:51 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTR114 min
Dec 15, 7:14 PM PSTWind AdvisoryMTR8 hr
Dec 15, 10:43 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTR2 hr
Dec 23, 7:36 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTR3 hr
Dec 23, 8:12 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTR2 hr
Dec 24, 1:55 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTR95 min
Dec 25, 8:37 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTR3 hr
Dec 25, 10:10 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTR2 hr
Dec 25, 10:41 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTR2 hr
Dec 25, 10:44 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTR2 hr
Dec 27, 6:02 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTR3 hr
Dec 29, 1:39 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTR2 hr
Dec 29, 9:57 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTR3 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.

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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.