Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Watches
Flash Flood Watches in California, 2009
24 flash flood watches in 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 24
- Busiest month
- February5 flash flood watches
- Busiest day
- October 12, 20094 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 23, 3:15 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 36 hr | |
| Feb 6, 10:12 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 36 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:37 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 26 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:09 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | MTR | Monterey | 42 hr |
| Feb 15, 1:31 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 28 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:17 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 27 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:19 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | STO | 49 hr | |
| Mar 22, 4:36 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 4 hr | |
| May 31, 6:43 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 2, 11:14 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 8 hr |
| Jun 2, 7:19 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 22 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:27 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 31 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:43 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 17 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:33 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 30 hr |
| Oct 12, 1:34 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 57 hr | |
| Oct 12, 9:38 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | MTR | Monterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz | 38 hr |
| Oct 12, 1:58 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara | 48 hr |
| Oct 12, 2:25 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | STO | 56 hr | |
| Oct 13, 4:24 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | San Bernardino | 34 hr |
| Dec 6, 2:33 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 28 hr |
| Dec 6, 7:09 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 25 hr |
| Dec 11, 9:56 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | 4 hr | |
| Dec 12, 4:32 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 28 hr |
| Dec 12, 5:59 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 15 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- San Bernardino County8
- Riverside County6
- San Diego County6
- Los Angeles County5
- Orange County4
- Modoc County3
- Monterey County2
- Siskiyou County2
- Alpine County1
- El Dorado County1
- Lassen County1
- Mono County1
- Nevada County1
- Placer County1
- Plumas County1
- Sierra County1
- San Benito County1
- San Mateo County1
- Santa Clara County1
- Santa Cruz County1
- Santa Barbara 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.