Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Watches
Flash Flood Watches in California, 2019
61 flash flood watches in 2019. 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 61
- Busiest month
- January13 flash flood watches
- Busiest day
- February 1, 20194 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 5, 3:47 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | 11 hr | |
| Jan 13, 3:00 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 30 hr |
| Jan 14, 1:38 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 30 hr |
| Jan 15, 5:23 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 65 hr | |
| Jan 15, 11:18 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito and 5 more | 37 hr |
| Jan 15, 7:19 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 47 hr |
| Jan 16, 2:16 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 19 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:50 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | STO | 13 hr | |
| Jan 20, 7:20 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | STO | 14 hr | |
| Jan 30, 12:33 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Diego | 29 hr |
| Jan 31, 7:27 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 5 hr |
| Jan 31, 10:45 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 68 hr | |
| Jan 31, 10:57 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito and 5 more | 45 hr |
| Jan 31, 8:44 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 55 hr |
| Jan 31, 9:21 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 45 hr |
| Feb 1, 2:10 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | STO | 3 days | |
| Feb 1, 2:28 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | EKA | Mendocino | 3 days |
| Feb 11, 1:09 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito and 5 more | 69 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:04 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 51 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:06 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 52 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:47 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 22 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:29 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | STO | 51 hr | |
| Feb 24, 1:38 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz | 61 hr |
| Mar 4, 10:05 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 66 hr | |
| Mar 4, 2:30 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 45 hr |
| Mar 5, 9:26 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 29 hr |
| Mar 6, 9:23 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | STO | 11 hr | |
| Mar 6, 10:30 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | EKA | 10 hr | |
| Mar 7, 4:12 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 6 hr | |
| Mar 28, 9:35 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | STO | 11 hr | |
| Apr 4, 12:12 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | STO | 35 hr | |
| Apr 8, 3:00 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | STO | 18 hr | |
| May 9, 2:36 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Inyo | 36 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:09 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Santa Barbara | 17 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:35 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Santa Barbara | 17 hr |
| Jun 5, 9:36 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Santa Barbara | 10 hr |
| Jul 24, 11:58 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | PSR | Riverside, San Bernardino | 8 hr |
| Jul 24, 12:24 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 9 hr |
| Jul 24, 12:24 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Inyo | 32 hr |
| Jul 25, 11:55 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 8 hr | |
| Sep 2, 2:22 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 18 hr |
| Sep 2, 3:09 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | 19 hr | |
| Sep 3, 2:59 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | 16 hr | |
| Sep 5, 4:23 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 15 hr |
| Sep 24, 2:25 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | PSR | Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino | 51 hr |
| Sep 24, 2:25 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 51 hr |
| Nov 18, 11:59 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | PSR | Imperial, Riverside | 58 hr |
| Nov 18, 1:40 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 59 hr |
| Nov 18, 1:44 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 48 hr |
| Nov 24, 1:50 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 4 days |
| Nov 26, 3:41 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | MTR | Marin, Napa, Sonoma | 18 hr |
| Nov 26, 1:07 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | PSR | Imperial, Riverside | 3 days |
| Nov 29, 3:42 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | MTR | Marin, Napa, Sonoma | 71 hr |
| Dec 3, 1:07 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 29 hr |
| Dec 3, 10:46 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 13 hr |
| Dec 5, 3:17 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | MTR | Marin, Napa, Sonoma | 49 hr |
| Dec 6, 10:54 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | STO | 30 hr | |
| Dec 6, 12:10 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | EKA | Mendocino | 29 hr |
| Dec 7, 4:56 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | MTR | Marin, Napa, Sonoma | 17 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:04 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | PSR | Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino | 42 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:50 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 41 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- San Bernardino County18
- Riverside County15
- San Diego County10
- Orange County8
- Los Angeles County7
- Marin County7
- Napa County7
- Sonoma County7
- Alameda County4
- Contra Costa County4
- City and County of San Francisco4
- San Mateo County4
- Santa Clara County4
- Santa Cruz County4
- Inyo County4
- Imperial County4
- Monterey County3
- San Benito County3
- Santa Barbara County3
- Mendocino County2
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.