Special Weather Statements in California
9,770 special weather statements since 1986. 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 special weather statements reaches back to 2006.
Special Weather Statements by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Special Weather Statements
- 9,770
- Busiest year
- 20251,802 special weather statements
- Average year
- 543over 18 years on file
Over time
By year
Only statements with a storm outline are archived, which offices began using widely after 2006.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Tulare County428
- Trinity County381
- Kings County380
- Humboldt County367
- Fresno County363
- Mono County362
- Kern County343
- Alpine County298
- Los Angeles County262
- Mariposa County262
- Siskiyou County258
- Shasta County257
- San Diego County250
- Madera County238
- Riverside County235
- Tehama County223
- Tuolumne County215
- Sierra County212
- Del Norte County203
- Imperial County202
- Lassen County192
- Merced County187
- Plumas County186
- Ventura County178
- Butte County146
- Santa Cruz County134
- Santa Barbara County133
- Sacramento County132
- San Luis Obispo County127
- San Mateo County117
- Orange County111
- Glenn County110
- Mendocino County109
- Modoc County107
- Santa Clara County106
- Yuba County95
- El Dorado County94
- Contra Costa County93
- San Benito County90
- Sutter County89
The latest special weather statements
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 3:53 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | HNX | Tulare | 22 min |
| Sep 21, 3:30 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | HNX | Madera | 30 min |
| Sep 17, 4:23 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Trinity | 37 min |
| Sep 16, 7:03 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Humboldt | 27 min |
| Sep 16, 6:32 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Humboldt | 28 min |
| Sep 16, 6:14 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Mendocino | 31 min |
| Sep 16, 5:40 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Del Norte | 35 min |
| Sep 16, 5:36 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Humboldt | 39 min |
| Sep 16, 5:18 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | 27 min | |
| Sep 16, 5:04 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Del Norte | 26 min |
| Sep 16, 4:39 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Trinity | 36 min |
| Sep 16, 4:32 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MFR | Siskiyou | 28 min |
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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. Rebuilt daily.