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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS San Diego, CA

February 6, 20094 counties in California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this flash flood watch at Feb 6, 2009, 1:37 PM PST for 4 counties in California. It took effect at Feb 6, 2009, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 6, 2009, 1:37 PM PST (21:37 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 6, 2009, 4:00 PM PST
Expired
Feb 7, 2009, 4:00 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

The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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 Feb 6, 9:30 AM PST, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 9:30 AM PST, 4 hours 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 4:00 AM PST, 9 hours 37 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 5:49 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXSan Diego56 min
Feb 5, 5:53 PM PSTMarine Weather StatementSGX4 hr
Feb 5, 6:41 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXSan Diego3 hr
Feb 5, 6:46 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXSan Diego59 min
Feb 5, 8:24 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXRiverside, San Bernardino3 hr
Feb 6, 12:22 PM PSTMarine Weather StatementSGX30 hr
Feb 6, 1:09 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisorySGXRiverside, San Bernardino, San Diego37 hr

Nearby

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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.