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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS San Diego, CA

January 3, 20084 counties in California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this flash flood watch at Jan 3, 2008, 1:32 PM PST for 4 counties in California. It took effect at Jan 4, 2008, 6:00 PM PST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 3, 2008, 1:32 PM PST (21:32 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 4, 2008, 6:00 PM PST
Expired: Jan 5, 2008, 6:00 PM PST
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS San Diego, CA
Flood severity: None

Counties Orange County, CA, Riverside County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, San Diego County, CA

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS San Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jan 3, 9:30 AM PST, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 9:30 AM PST, 4 hours 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 4:30 AM PST, 9 hours 2 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 3, 9:30 AM PST, 4 hours 2 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 3, 1:32 PM PST	High Wind Watch	SGX	Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego	24 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in California, 2008 Every flash flood watch in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.