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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Los Angeles, CA

July 6, 2011Santa Barbara County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this flash flood watch at Jul 6, 2011, 3:31 AM PDT for Santa Barbara County, California. It took effect at Jul 6, 2011, 10:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 6, 2011, 3:31 AM PDT (10:31 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 6, 2011, 10:00 AM PDT
Expired: Jul 6, 2011, 8:51 PM PDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Los Angeles, CA
Flood severity: None

County Santa Barbara County, CA

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 Los Angeles, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jul 5, 8:00 PM PDT, 7 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 8:00 PM PDT, 7 hours 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 9:36 PM PDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 5:14 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOX	Los Angeles	2 hr
Jul 5, 7:33 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LOX	Ventura	57 min
Jul 6, 12:05 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOX	Los Angeles	3 hr
Jul 6, 1:28 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOX	Ventura	3 hr
Jul 6, 1:55 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOX	Los Angeles	3 hr
Jul 6, 4:56 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LOX		49 min

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Sources

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