Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in California, 2026
46 flash flood warnings in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 46
- Busiest month
- August25 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- August 11, 202610 flash flood warnings
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
15 of 46 flash flood warnings covering California in 2026 had a flash flood report inside them; 44 of 152 flash flood reports fell inside a warning, on average 79 minutes after it went out.
California, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash flood warnings | 46 | 15 | 67% | 152 | 29% | 79 min |
Each office's whole area, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Hanford, CA: flash flood warnings | 0 | 8 | 0% | |||
| NWS Sacramento, CA: flash flood warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 6 | 0% | |
| NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA: flash flood warnings | 0 | 49 | 0% | |||
| NWS Eureka, CA: flash flood warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 16 | 6% | 12 min |
| NWS San Diego, CA: flash flood warnings | 9 | 1 | 89% | 4 | 25% | 13 min |
| NWS Los Angeles, CA: flash flood warnings | 11 | 8 | 27% | 52 | 65% | 91 min |
| NWS Las Vegas, NV: flash flood warnings | 42 | 9 | 79% | 37 | 49% | 97 min |
| NWS Phoenix, AZ: flash flood warnings | 74 | 33 | 55% | 55 | 87% | 80 min |
| NWS Medford, OR: flash flood warnings | 0 | 1 | 0% | |||
| NWS Reno, NV: flash flood warnings | 9 | 4 | 56% | 26 | 42% | 85 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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, 6:33 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | San Diego | 3 hr |
| Jan 3, 9:00 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Santa Barbara | 3 hr |
| Jan 3, 10:55 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Santa Barbara | 3 hr |
| Jan 3, 12:16 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Santa Barbara | 44 min |
| Jan 3, 12:24 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | EKA | Humboldt | 4 hr |
| Jan 4, 10:55 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Ventura | 80 min |
| Feb 11, 1:43 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 92 min |
| Feb 11, 3:28 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 92 min |
| Feb 16, 10:23 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 10:57 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 11:28 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 5 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:01 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 4 hr |
| Apr 10, 5:21 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | STO | Colusa | 114 min |
| May 22, 6:52 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | EKA | Trinity | 2 hr |
| Jul 17, 6:44 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 4:27 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 4:47 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | REV | Mono | 118 min |
| Aug 9, 5:54 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | San Diego | 60 min |
| Aug 10, 3:21 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | Riverside | 117 min |
| Aug 10, 7:22 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 113 min |
| Aug 11, 1:08 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Ventura | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 1:54 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Diego | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 2:13 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | San Diego | 109 min |
| Aug 11, 2:53 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | San Diego | 67 min |
| Aug 11, 2:54 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | San Diego | 66 min |
| Aug 11, 3:26 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 4:18 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 4:24 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 4:42 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 6:46 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 1:55 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 4:00 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 4 hr |
| Aug 12, 4:01 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Imperial | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 4:35 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Imperial | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:25 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Riverside | 5 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:39 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 8:04 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:23 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:44 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:16 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Riverside | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:46 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 7:07 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Imperial | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 5:52 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 4 hr |
| Sep 24, 2:33 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | Riverside | 90 min |
| Sep 24, 3:15 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Sep 24, 4:32 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino | 118 min |
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
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.