Alert archive / California / Winter Storm Watches

Winter Storm Watches in California, 2005

20 winter storm watches in 2005. 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 watches reaches back to 2005.

Winter Storm Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2005. Tap one for its archive.

Winter Storm Watches
20
Busiest month
December15 winter storm watches
Busiest day
November 30, 20054 winter storm 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 29, 1:38 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchHNX20 days
Nov 29, 4:06 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchSTO24 hr
Nov 29, 4:10 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchEKA43 hr
Nov 30, 3:00 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchREVAlpine, El Dorado, Mono, Nevada, Placer24 hr
Nov 30, 3:13 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchVEF59 hr
Dec 17, 9:03 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchREVAlpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer and 2 more14 hr
Dec 17, 9:09 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchSTO6 hr
Dec 17, 11:45 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchHNX9 days
Dec 23, 2:30 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchREVAlpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Mono, Nevada, Placer and 2 more49 hr
Dec 23, 2:43 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchSTO40 hr
Dec 23, 3:17 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchMFRSiskiyou37 hr
Dec 23, 9:03 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchHNX5 days
Dec 24, 3:21 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchVEF8 days
Dec 26, 1:00 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchSTO25 hr
Dec 26, 1:46 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchHNX25 hr
Dec 26, 2:40 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchREVAlpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Mono, Nevada, Placer and 2 more24 hr
Dec 28, 3:02 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchSTO24 hr
Dec 28, 7:56 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchREVAlpine, El Dorado, Mono, Nevada, Placer33 hr
Dec 29, 4:00 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchHNX23 hr
Dec 29, 3:20 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchVEF13 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.