Alert archive / California / Winter Storm Watches

Winter Storm Watches in California, 2013

16 winter storm watches in 2013. 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.

Winter Storm Watches
16
Busiest month
December7 winter storm watches
Busiest day
March 4, 20132 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
Feb 16, 1:35 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchSGXRiverside, San Bernardino, San Diego38 hr
Feb 17, 11:55 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchHNX23 hr
Feb 18, 5:08 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchLOX10 hr
Mar 3, 1:27 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchMFRSiskiyou26 hr
Mar 4, 2:07 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchSTO13 hr
Mar 4, 3:51 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchEKA11 hr
Mar 5, 8:39 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchSGXRiverside, San Bernardino, San Diego17 hr
Mar 6, 4:17 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchLOX23 hr
Nov 20, 4:21 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchSGXRiverside, San Bernardino10 hr
Dec 3, 2:52 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchHNX47 hr
Dec 3, 3:28 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchSTO47 hr
Dec 4, 4:07 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchMFRSiskiyou25 hr
Dec 4, 2:48 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchEKA24 hr
Dec 5, 2:37 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchREVAlpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Nevada, Placer, Plumas and 1 more14 hr
Dec 5, 1:31 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchSGXRiverside, San Bernardino, San Diego24 hr
Dec 18, 2:44 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchVEFInyo12 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.