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Flood Watch 1, NWS Los Angeles, CA

September 10, 2011Santa Barbara County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this flood watch at Sep 10, 2011, 3:49 AM PDT for Santa Barbara County, California. It took effect at Sep 10, 2011, 9:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 10, 2011, 3:49 AM PDT (10:49 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 10, 2011, 9:00 AM PDT
Expired
Sep 11, 2011, 3:56 PM PDT
In force
31 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 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 flood watch went out at Sep 10, 3:30 AM PDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 3:30 AM PDT, 19 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 10, 3:37 AM PDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
337 AM PDT SAT SEP 10 2011

CAZ034>037-051-052-101130-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST CA-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY
INTERIOR VALLEYS CA-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS CA-SANTA BARBARA
COUNTY CENTRAL COAST CA-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS CA-SANTA YNEZ
VALLEY CA-
337 AM PDT SAT SEP 10 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL SAN LUIS OBISPO AND
NORTHWESTERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM PDT...

AT 330 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES EAST OF SAN LUIS OBISPO...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
   SANTA MARGARITA...ATASCADERO...SHANDON...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 3579 12020 3562 12018 3562 12009 3552 12006
      3545 11999 3544 11988 3536 11987 3535 11983
      3501 12026 3477 12032 3494 12067 3505 12063
      3512 12064 3517 12072 3541 12079 3580 12074
TIME...MOT...LOC 1036Z 128DEG 8KT 3535 12044 $$

KAPLAN/ASR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 3:37 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLOXSan Luis Obispo53 min
Sep 10, 6:57 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLOXSanta Barbara33 min
Sep 10, 7:25 AM PDTSpecial Marine WarningLOX50 min
Sep 10, 8:13 AM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXLos Angeles47 min
Sep 10, 8:16 AM PDTSpecial Marine WarningLOX29 min
Sep 10, 9:29 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLOX46 min
Sep 10, 10:06 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLOXVentura39 min
Sep 10, 10:08 AM PDTSpecial Marine WarningLOX22 min
Sep 10, 10:58 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLOXVentura47 min
Sep 10, 11:21 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLOXLos Angeles24 min
Sep 10, 11:45 AM PDTSpecial Marine WarningLOX30 min
Sep 10, 11:52 AM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXSanta Barbara23 min
Sep 10, 12:10 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLOXLos Angeles35 min
Sep 10, 12:15 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLOXVentura30 min
Sep 10, 12:20 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXSanta Barbara25 min
Sep 10, 12:45 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLOXVentura30 min
Sep 10, 12:49 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLOXVentura26 min
Sep 10, 1:45 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLOXLos Angeles30 min
Sep 10, 2:16 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXLos Angeles29 min
Sep 10, 2:51 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLOXLos Angeles24 min
Sep 10, 2:51 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXLos Angeles39 min
Sep 10, 3:17 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLOXLos Angeles3 hr
Sep 10, 3:30 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLOXLos Angeles3 hr
Sep 10, 3:35 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXLos Angeles25 min
Sep 10, 4:16 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXLos Angeles29 min
Sep 10, 4:41 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXLos Angeles64 min

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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.