Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Watches
Flash Flood Watches in California, 2008
62 flash flood watches in 2008. 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
Flash Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 62
- Busiest month
- August16 flash flood watches
- Busiest day
- July 13, 20084 flash flood 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 10:02 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara | 46 hr |
| Jan 3, 1:32 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 52 hr |
| Jan 3, 4:56 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito and 5 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:20 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara | 23 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:55 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 28 hr |
| Jan 22, 7:18 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara | 28 hr |
| Jan 24, 6:14 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 36 hr |
| Jan 25, 1:32 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 67 hr |
| Jan 25, 7:02 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara | 62 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:52 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 20 hr |
| Jan 26, 5:37 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 24 hr | |
| Feb 2, 2:29 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara | 19 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:27 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 30 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:38 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara | 30 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:00 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara | 21 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:18 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 21 hr | |
| Jul 13, 4:24 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 17 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:18 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | San Bernardino | 7 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:07 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Santa Barbara | 14 hr |
| Jul 14, 11:32 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 10 hr | |
| Jul 15, 4:07 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Santa Barbara | 16 hr |
| Jul 15, 4:40 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 15 hr | |
| Jul 16, 4:00 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 16 hr | |
| Jul 17, 10:15 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 11 hr |
| Jul 19, 9:05 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 22 hr |
| Jul 19, 9:42 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 23 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:30 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 12 hr | |
| Jul 21, 6:07 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | REV | Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Plumas, Sierra | 21 hr |
| Jul 26, 1:45 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 7 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:01 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 16 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:15 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 23 hr | |
| Aug 4, 3:30 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | 16 hr | |
| Aug 4, 4:05 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 17 hr |
| Aug 5, 8:36 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 8 hr |
| Aug 5, 10:19 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 11 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:28 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | 2 hr | |
| Aug 7, 6:36 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 10 hr |
| Aug 15, 9:52 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 8 hr |
| Aug 25, 8:07 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 11 hr |
| Aug 25, 11:06 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | 6 hr | |
| Aug 25, 11:37 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 9 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:23 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 10 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:15 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 31 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:50 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 21 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:50 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | 15 hr | |
| Oct 2, 7:33 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 38 hr | |
| Oct 30, 5:54 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | STO | 58 hr | |
| Oct 31, 4:20 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 49 hr | |
| Nov 1, 8:35 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 11 hr |
| Nov 24, 1:00 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 3 days |
| Nov 24, 1:21 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 37 hr | |
| Nov 24, 2:27 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 61 hr |
| Nov 26, 8:02 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 10 hr | |
| Dec 14, 5:33 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 36 hr |
| Dec 14, 5:50 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 42 hr |
| Dec 15, 6:16 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 6 hr |
| Dec 16, 9:14 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 35 hr |
| Dec 16, 11:51 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 26 hr |
| Dec 16, 10:46 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 21 hr |
| Dec 23, 4:48 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 43 hr |
| Dec 23, 1:42 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 30 hr |
| Dec 25, 10:49 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | MTR | Monterey, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- San Bernardino County28
- Riverside County17
- San Diego County17
- Los Angeles County13
- Santa Barbara County9
- Orange County9
- Inyo County4
- Monterey County2
- San Mateo County2
- Santa Clara County2
- Santa Cruz County2
- Alameda County1
- Contra Costa County1
- Marin County1
- Napa County1
- San Benito County1
- City and County of San Francisco1
- Sonoma County1
- Lassen County1
- Modoc County1
- Mono County1
- Plumas County1
- Sierra County1
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.