Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings / 1997
Flash Flood Warnings in California, January 1997
69 flash flood warnings in January 1997. 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 flash flood warnings reaches back to 1986.
Flash Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in January 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 69
- Busiest day
- January 1, 199719 flash flood warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 1, 1:20 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz | 6 hr |
| Jan 1, 2:42 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Napa | 6 hr |
| Jan 1, 5:45 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | STO | Solano | 6 hr |
| Jan 1, 7:18 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa | 3 hr |
| Jan 1, 7:31 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz | 4 hr |
| Jan 1, 8:25 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Sonoma | 4 hr |
| Jan 1, 8:25 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Marin | 4 hr |
| Jan 1, 8:25 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Napa | 4 hr |
| Jan 1, 9:00 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Monterey | 3 hr |
| Jan 1, 9:00 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa | 3 hr |
| Jan 1, 9:00 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz | 3 hr |
| Jan 1, 10:40 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz | 3 hr |
| Jan 1, 10:40 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa | 3 hr |
| Jan 1, 10:40 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Marin, Napa, Sonoma | 3 hr |
| Jan 1, 11:30 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Monterey | 5 hr |
| Jan 1, 1:59 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | HNX | Mariposa | 6 hr |
| Jan 1, 2:15 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | San Mateo, Santa Cruz | 2 hr |
| Jan 1, 3:55 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Monterey, Santa Cruz | 3 hr |
| Jan 1, 3:55 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | San Mateo | 3 hr |
| Jan 1, 5:03 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Santa Clara | 117 min |
| Jan 1, 7:00 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz | 4 hr |
| Jan 1, 7:22 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | San Luis Obispo | 6 hr |
| Jan 1, 10:59 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz | 3 hr |
| Jan 2, 5:52 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz | 3 hr |
| Jan 2, 5:52 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa | 3 hr |
| Jan 2, 11:45 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz | 4 hr |
| Jan 2, 11:45 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Monterey | 4 hr |
| Jan 2, 11:45 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Contra Costa | 4 hr |
| Jan 2, 1:35 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | STO | Sacramento | 95 min |
| Jan 2, 4:00 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz | 4 hr |
| Jan 2, 4:00 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Monterey | 4 hr |
| Jan 2, 4:00 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa | 4 hr |
| Jan 2, 7:00 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | HNX | Madera, Mariposa | 8 hr |
| Jan 2, 7:00 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | HNX | Fresno, Tulare | 8 hr |
| Jan 2, 9:03 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | STO | Yuba | 3 hr |
| Jan 2, 9:12 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | HNX | Kern | 6 hr |
| Jan 4, 4:37 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | HNX | Fresno | 6 hr |
| Jan 4, 5:08 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | HNX | Fresno, Madera | 6 hr |
| Jan 4, 6:49 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | STO | Sutter | 91 min |
| Jan 4, 9:50 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | STO | Sutter | 5 hr |
| Jan 5, 2:01 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | STO | San Joaquin | 69 min |
| Jan 10, 3:55 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | STO | San Joaquin | 95 min |
| Jan 13, 12:20 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | Orange | 115 min |
| Jan 13, 1:00 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | Riverside | 2 hr |
| Jan 22, 8:50 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | EKA | Mendocino | 6 hr |
| Jan 22, 12:55 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | STO | Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Sutter, Yuba | 8 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:15 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Napa, Sonoma | 4 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:15 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Marin | 4 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:15 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | City and County of San Francisco | 4 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:15 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Contra Costa | 4 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:50 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | STO | Placer, Sacramento | 5 hr |
| Jan 22, 5:20 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | STO | Sacramento, Solano, Yolo | 4 hr |
| Jan 22, 5:20 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | STO | Amador, El Dorado | 4 hr |
| Jan 22, 5:20 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | STO | Nevada | 4 hr |
| Jan 22, 6:00 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Napa, Sonoma | 3 hr |
| Jan 22, 6:00 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Marin | 3 hr |
| Jan 22, 9:00 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Santa Cruz | 4 hr |
| Jan 22, 11:49 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | STO | Yuba | 6 hr |
| Jan 24, 5:18 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | HNX | Tulare | 6 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:55 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | STO | El Dorado | 9 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:00 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Napa, Sonoma | 8 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:00 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | City and County of San Francisco | 8 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:00 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Marin | 8 hr |
| Jan 25, 5:35 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz | 6 hr |
| Jan 25, 5:35 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa | 6 hr |
| Jan 25, 7:15 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | STO | Colusa, Lake, Yolo | 6 hr |
| Jan 26, 6:32 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Monterey, San Benito | 3 hr |
| Jan 26, 9:10 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | MTR | Monterey, San Benito | 2 hr |
| Jan 26, 5:20 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 55 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Santa Cruz County13
- San Mateo County12
- Santa Clara County11
- Contra Costa County8
- Alameda County7
- Monterey County7
- Napa County6
- Sonoma County5
- Marin County5
- Sacramento County3
- Fresno County3
- Yuba County3
- Sutter County3
- Solano County2
- Mariposa County2
- Madera County2
- Tulare County2
- San Joaquin County2
- Colusa County2
- City and County of San Francisco2
- Yolo County2
- El Dorado County2
- San Benito County2
- San Luis Obispo County1
- Kern County1
- Orange County1
- Riverside County1
- Mendocino County1
- Butte County1
- Glenn County1
- Placer County1
- Amador County1
- Nevada County1
- Lake County1
- San Bernardino County1
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Sources
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