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Flash Flood Watch 18, NWS San Diego, CA

December 23, 20084 counties in California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this flash flood watch at Dec 23, 2008, 4:48 AM PST for 4 counties in California. It took effect at Dec 24, 2008, 6:00 PM PST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 23, 2008, 4:48 AM PST (12:48 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 24, 2008, 6:00 PM PST
Expired: Dec 24, 2008, 11:37 PM PST
In force: 6 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

The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Dec 22, 9:30 PM PST, 7 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 9:30 PM PST, 7 hours 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 22, 7:00 PM PST, 9 hours 48 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
Dec 23, 4:16 AM PST	Winter Storm Watch	SGX	San Bernardino	23 hr
Dec 23, 4:23 AM PST	High Wind Watch	SGX	Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego	23 hr
Dec 23, 5:49 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SGX		3 days

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.