Alert archive / California / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in California, 1998
3 severe thunderstorm watches in 1998. 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 severe thunderstorm watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 3
- Busiest month
- February3 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- February 3, 19982 severe thunderstorm 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 3:30 AM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura | 5 hr |
| Feb 3, 8:00 AM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Orange, San Diego | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 11:45 AM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, San Benito, San Joaquin and 5 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
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.