Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Watches
Flash Flood Watches in California, 2021
41 flash flood watches in 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 41
- Busiest month
- July12 flash flood watches
- Busiest day
- July 29, 20214 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 4, 2:38 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | STO | 15 hr | |
| Jan 19, 9:51 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | PSR | Imperial, Riverside | 39 hr |
| Jan 19, 10:07 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Diego | 38 hr |
| Jan 24, 5:19 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | MTR | Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and 1 more | 4 days |
| Jan 25, 3:09 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | STO | 3 days | |
| Jan 26, 2:21 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 62 hr |
| Jan 27, 10:58 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 53 hr |
| Mar 10, 9:55 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | MTR | Monterey, San Benito | 12 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:02 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Diego | 38 hr |
| Jul 12, 1:11 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 40 hr |
| Jul 18, 8:07 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Diego | 11 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:37 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Inyo | 17 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:11 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 days |
| Jul 25, 12:19 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Inyo | 32 hr |
| Jul 25, 6:53 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 23 hr |
| Jul 26, 1:45 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 17 hr |
| Jul 26, 10:14 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Mono, Nevada, Placer | 11 hr |
| Jul 29, 9:38 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 58 hr | |
| Jul 29, 12:09 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Mono, Nevada, Placer | 59 hr |
| Jul 29, 1:13 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 55 hr |
| Jul 29, 1:26 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | PSR | Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino | 40 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:34 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 54 hr |
| Aug 30, 1:43 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | PSR | Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino | 3 days |
| Aug 30, 2:38 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 42 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:28 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 59 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:19 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 49 hr |
| Sep 24, 8:56 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Diego | 10 hr |
| Sep 24, 9:03 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | PSR | Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino | 10 hr |
| Oct 20, 11:30 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | REV | Lassen, Plumas, Sierra | 48 hr |
| Oct 20, 11:31 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | STO | 47 hr | |
| Oct 21, 12:45 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | Fresno, Kern, Madera, Mariposa, Tulare, Tuolumne | 4 days |
| Oct 21, 8:17 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | EKA | 10 hr | |
| Oct 22, 10:48 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | MTR | Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and 1 more | 65 hr |
| Oct 22, 12:05 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 59 hr |
| Oct 22, 1:09 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | STO | 71 hr | |
| Oct 24, 8:11 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | 28 hr | |
| Nov 3, 12:41 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | EKA | 12 hr | |
| Dec 12, 8:41 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | MTR | Monterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz | 40 hr |
| Dec 12, 12:02 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 54 hr |
| Dec 29, 1:55 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 26 hr |
| Dec 30, 4:07 PM PST | Flash Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Riverside County12
- San Bernardino County11
- San Diego County8
- Los Angeles County5
- Imperial County4
- Monterey County4
- San Mateo County3
- Santa Clara County3
- Santa Cruz County3
- Inyo County3
- Marin County2
- Napa County2
- Sonoma County2
- Orange County2
- San Benito County2
- Alpine County2
- El Dorado County2
- Mono County2
- Nevada County2
- Placer County2
- Siskiyou County2
- Lassen County1
- Plumas County1
- Sierra County1
- Fresno County1
- Kern County1
- Madera County1
- Mariposa County1
- Tulare County1
- Tuolumne 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. Rebuilt daily.