Alert archive / California / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in California, 2016
55 winter storm watches 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 55
- Busiest month
- January24 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- January 3, 20166 winter storm watches
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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 3, 4:09 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino | 33 hr |
| Jan 3, 4:28 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | LOX | 30 hr | |
| Jan 3, 12:37 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | STO | 14 hr | |
| Jan 3, 1:00 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | HNX | 23 hr | |
| Jan 3, 2:02 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | VEF | Inyo | 25 hr |
| Jan 3, 2:31 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Mono, Nevada, Placer | 13 hr |
| Jan 3, 4:17 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 11 hr |
| Jan 4, 1:35 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SGX | San Diego | 24 hr |
| Jan 4, 2:33 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | VEF | Inyo | 12 hr |
| Jan 4, 2:39 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Mono, Nevada, Placer | 23 hr |
| Jan 5, 4:04 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | EKA | 9 hr | |
| Jan 11, 3:30 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | STO | 36 hr | |
| Jan 11, 1:59 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 15 hr |
| Jan 13, 1:15 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | EKA | 26 hr | |
| Jan 15, 4:20 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MFR | Modoc | 11 hr |
| Jan 18, 4:28 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 11 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:03 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | STO | 21 hr | |
| Jan 21, 4:52 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | HNX | 7 hr | |
| Jan 27, 1:51 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | HNX | 23 hr | |
| Jan 28, 2:49 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Mono, Nevada, Placer | 12 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:04 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | VEF | Inyo | 8 hr |
| Jan 28, 4:51 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | STO | 11 hr | |
| Jan 29, 1:51 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 14 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:35 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Mono, Nevada, Placer | 24 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:03 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | HNX | 25 hr | |
| Feb 15, 12:00 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | STO | 24 hr | |
| Feb 15, 1:42 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Mono, Nevada, Placer | 20 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:45 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | VEF | Inyo | 11 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:45 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 12 hr |
| Mar 3, 12:49 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | HNX | 25 hr | |
| Mar 3, 1:25 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | STO | 25 hr | |
| Mar 3, 1:54 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Mono, Nevada, Placer | 25 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:01 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | VEF | Inyo | 13 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:59 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | HNX | 45 hr | |
| Mar 10, 10:36 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Nevada, Placer, Plumas and 1 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:41 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | STO | 13 hr | |
| Mar 10, 2:47 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 12 hr |
| Apr 21, 3:40 AM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | STO | 12 hr | |
| Jun 14, 2:23 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | STO | 23 hr | |
| Oct 27, 12:25 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | STO | 46 hr | |
| Nov 17, 2:23 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 26 hr |
| Nov 25, 1:42 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino | 13 hr |
| Dec 6, 2:44 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 26 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:54 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | STO | 24 hr | |
| Dec 11, 2:22 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 12, 3:30 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | STO | 72 hr | |
| Dec 12, 2:00 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MFR | Modoc | 25 hr |
| Dec 13, 12:41 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | HNX | 24 hr | |
| Dec 20, 8:47 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Mono, Nevada, Placer and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Dec 20, 1:48 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | HNX | 23 hr | |
| Dec 20, 2:56 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | STO | 25 hr | |
| Dec 21, 12:36 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | VEF | Inyo | 25 hr |
| Dec 21, 3:50 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt | 13 hr |
| Dec 22, 4:12 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 24 hr |
| Dec 22, 5:37 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | LOX | 21 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.