Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Watches
Flash Flood Watches in California, 2018
44 flash flood watches in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 44
- Busiest month
- November8 flash flood watches
- Busiest day
- January 7, 20184 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 6, 9:40 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 70 hr |
| Jan 6, 10:09 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 70 hr |
| Jan 7, 4:06 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | MTR | Marin, Napa, Sonoma | 45 hr |
| Jan 7, 9:18 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 55 hr | |
| Jan 8, 8:07 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | STO | 19 hr | |
| Jan 8, 1:11 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Inyo | 27 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:45 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | 48 hr | |
| Mar 12, 2:14 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | 20 hr | |
| Mar 19, 9:56 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 3 days | |
| Mar 19, 2:55 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 4 days |
| Mar 19, 3:23 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 3 days |
| Mar 22, 8:47 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | STO | 14 hr | |
| Mar 22, 8:13 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 3 hr | |
| Mar 23, 1:02 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | STO | 22 hr | |
| May 23, 10:49 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | REV | Mono | 5 hr |
| Jul 11, 11:14 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 8 hr |
| Jul 11, 11:41 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | PSR | Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino | 14 hr |
| Jul 11, 11:45 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 10 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:51 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Inyo | 21 hr |
| Jul 22, 8:13 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Mono, Nevada, Placer | 13 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:10 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Mono, Nevada, Placer and 2 more | 18 hr |
| Jul 24, 9:37 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Mono, Nevada, Placer | 10 hr |
| Aug 15, 7:25 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 25 hr |
| Aug 16, 9:17 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 10 hr |
| Aug 16, 11:03 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | PSR | Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino | 9 hr |
| Sep 28, 2:01 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | PSR | Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino | 5 days |
| Sep 28, 2:20 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 4 days |
| Oct 1, 3:00 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 16 hr |
| Oct 3, 9:31 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | STO | 9 hr | |
| Oct 3, 9:54 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | EKA | Mendocino | 9 hr |
| Oct 3, 11:35 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 12 hr | |
| Oct 13, 2:37 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 12 hr |
| Oct 13, 2:52 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | PSR | Imperial, Riverside | 25 hr |
| Nov 19, 12:41 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | STO | 4 days | |
| Nov 19, 1:03 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | EKA | Mendocino | 4 days |
| Nov 20, 2:00 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 70 hr |
| Nov 20, 3:34 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 40 hr | |
| Nov 27, 12:47 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 61 hr |
| Nov 27, 1:39 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | STO | 56 hr | |
| Nov 27, 1:50 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 62 hr | |
| Nov 27, 2:04 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | EKA | Mendocino | 50 hr |
| Dec 6, 9:11 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 15 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:00 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | STO | 16 hr | |
| Dec 24, 2:08 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | EKA | Mendocino | 16 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- San Bernardino County14
- Riverside County11
- San Diego County7
- Orange County4
- Inyo County4
- Mono County4
- Imperial County4
- Mendocino County4
- Alpine County3
- El Dorado County3
- Nevada County3
- Placer County3
- Los Angeles County2
- Marin County1
- Napa County1
- Sonoma County1
- Lassen County1
- Plumas County1
- Sierra County1
- Siskiyou 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.