Alert archive / California / Winter Storm Warnings
Winter Storm Warnings in California, 2016
58 winter storm warnings in 2016. 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 winter storm warnings reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 58
- Busiest month
- January26 winter storm warnings
- Busiest day
- January 4, 20167 winter storm warnings
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, 2:53 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 31 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:00 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | STO | 43 hr | |
| Jan 4, 3:07 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | REV | Mono | 43 hr |
| Jan 4, 10:20 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | LOX | 64 hr | |
| Jan 4, 12:05 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | HNX | 34 hr | |
| Jan 4, 1:35 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 3 days |
| Jan 4, 2:33 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | VEF | Inyo | 37 hr |
| Jan 5, 2:50 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | VEF | Inyo | 61 hr |
| Jan 5, 12:03 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | HNX | 40 hr | |
| Jan 5, 12:43 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | EKA | 33 hr | |
| Jan 5, 2:47 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 28 hr |
| Jan 5, 10:14 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | STO | 24 hr | |
| Jan 14, 9:50 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | STO | 22 hr | |
| Jan 17, 3:52 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | STO | 30 hr | |
| Jan 18, 3:01 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 25 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:30 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | STO | 11 hr | |
| Jan 21, 11:42 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | STO | 51 hr | |
| Jan 21, 11:44 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | HNX | 48 hr | |
| Jan 28, 11:12 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | VEF | Inyo | 4 days |
| Jan 28, 12:26 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | HNX | 4 days | |
| Jan 28, 2:59 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Mono, Nevada, Placer | 45 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:24 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | STO | 36 hr | |
| Jan 29, 10:56 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | HNX | 53 hr | |
| Jan 30, 4:10 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino | 47 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:55 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | LOX | 46 hr | |
| Jan 31, 7:38 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | REV | Mono | 18 hr |
| Feb 16, 10:03 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Mono, Nevada, Placer | 50 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:25 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | STO | 51 hr | |
| Feb 16, 12:26 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | HNX | 52 hr | |
| Feb 16, 2:00 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | VEF | Inyo | 44 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:42 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | VEF | Inyo | 4 days |
| Mar 4, 1:59 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | HNX | 4 days | |
| Mar 4, 2:09 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | STO | 71 hr | |
| Mar 4, 2:53 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Mono, Nevada, Placer | 67 hr |
| Mar 6, 12:58 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 36 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:42 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | LOX | 36 hr | |
| Mar 11, 3:00 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 3 days |
| Mar 11, 3:16 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | HNX | 22 hr | |
| Mar 11, 3:48 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | STO | 71 hr | |
| Mar 11, 1:11 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Nevada, Placer, Plumas and 1 more | 61 hr |
| Oct 29, 3:40 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | STO | 43 hr | |
| Nov 18, 4:03 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 30 hr |
| Nov 25, 11:56 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | STO | 16 hr | |
| Nov 25, 1:05 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | HNX | 44 hr | |
| Nov 26, 10:30 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | STO | 10 hr | |
| Dec 13, 2:43 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 25 hr |
| Dec 14, 12:25 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | HNX | 46 hr | |
| Dec 14, 2:58 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | STO | 37 hr | |
| Dec 14, 3:05 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Mono, Nevada, Placer | 43 hr |
| Dec 21, 12:17 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Mono, Nevada, Placer and 2 more | 64 hr |
| Dec 21, 12:31 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | HNX | 63 hr | |
| Dec 21, 2:34 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 55 hr |
| Dec 21, 3:51 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | STO | 54 hr | |
| Dec 22, 1:07 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | VEF | Inyo | 54 hr |
| Dec 23, 2:53 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | LOX | 33 hr | |
| Dec 23, 4:10 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 47 hr |
| Dec 30, 12:53 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino | 41 hr |
| Dec 30, 2:31 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | LOX | 42 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.
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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.