Alert archive / California / Flood Watches
Flood Watches in California, 2017
36 flood watches in 2017. 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 flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 36
- Busiest month
- February17 flood watches
- Busiest day
- February 17, 20174 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 2, 2:20 PM PST | Flood Watch | STO | 46 hr | |
| Jan 4, 8:42 AM PST | Flood Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Mono, Nevada, Placer and 2 more | 5 days |
| Jan 4, 1:44 PM PST | Flood Watch | VEF | Inyo | 5 days |
| Jan 4, 2:37 PM PST | Flood Watch | STO | 6 days | |
| Jan 6, 12:36 PM PST | Flood Watch | HNX | 5 days | |
| Jan 6, 2:14 PM PST | Flood Watch | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity | 50 hr |
| Jan 6, 4:02 PM PST | Flood Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 53 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:47 AM PST | Flood Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 20 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:28 AM PST | Flood Watch | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity | 40 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:31 AM PST | Flood Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 48 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:37 AM PST | Flood Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 24 hr |
| Jan 20, 12:05 PM PST | Flood Watch | VEF | Inyo | 3 days |
| Feb 5, 12:34 PM PST | Flood Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Mono, Nevada, Placer and 2 more | 5 days |
| Feb 6, 4:05 AM PST | Flood Watch | STO | 29 hr | |
| Feb 6, 6:23 AM PST | Flood Watch | HNX | 36 hr | |
| Feb 6, 10:45 AM PST | Flood Watch | EKA | Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity | 20 hr |
| Feb 7, 4:20 AM PST | Flood Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 62 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:09 PM PST | Flood Watch | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity | 50 hr |
| Feb 7, 10:18 PM PST | Flood Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Mono, Nevada, Placer | 61 hr |
| Feb 8, 12:46 PM PST | Flood Watch | HNX | 57 hr | |
| Feb 15, 2:32 PM PST | Flood Watch | EKA | Humboldt, Mendocino | 19 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:04 PM PST | Flood Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Mono, Nevada, Placer and 2 more | 4 days |
| Feb 16, 4:53 PM PST | Flood Watch | MTR | Monterey, San Benito | 40 hr |
| Feb 17, 12:44 PM PST | Flood Watch | STO | 27 hr | |
| Feb 17, 2:12 PM PST | Flood Watch | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity | 3 days |
| Feb 18, 10:06 AM PST | Flood Watch | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito and 5 more | 64 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:02 PM PST | Flood Watch | HNX | 3 days | |
| Feb 19, 2:00 PM PST | Flood Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 43 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:39 PM PST | Flood Watch | MTR | Monterey, San Benito | 18 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:14 PM PDT | Flood Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Mono, Nevada, Placer and 2 more | 71 hr |
| May 6, 7:28 AM PDT | Flood Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Mono, Nevada, Placer and 2 more | 19 hr |
| May 18, 11:56 AM PDT | Flood Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Mono, Nevada, Placer and 2 more | 5 days |
| Nov 14, 11:39 AM PST | Flood Watch | EKA | Mendocino | 40 hr |
| Nov 15, 1:01 PM PST | Flood Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Mono, Nevada, Placer and 2 more | 33 hr |
| Nov 15, 1:35 PM PST | Flood Watch | HNX | 41 hr | |
| Nov 19, 2:22 PM PST | Flood Watch | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity | 29 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Alpine County8
- El Dorado County8
- Mono County8
- Nevada County8
- Placer County8
- Lassen County7
- Plumas County7
- Sierra County7
- Humboldt County7
- Mendocino County7
- Trinity County6
- Del Norte County5
- Siskiyou County5
- Monterey County3
- San Benito County3
- Inyo County2
- Modoc County2
- San Bernardino County1
- Alameda County1
- Contra Costa County1
- Marin County1
- Napa County1
- City and County of San Francisco1
- San Mateo County1
- Santa Clara County1
- Santa Cruz County1
- Sonoma 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.