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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS San Diego, CA

March 5, 2013Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this winter storm watch at Mar 5, 2013, 8:39 PM PST for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Mar 8, 2013, 3:00 AM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 5, 2013, 8:39 PM PST (04:39 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 8, 2013, 3:00 AM PST
Expired
Mar 6, 2013, 1:39 PM PST
In force
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA

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

The radar

The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:37 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 winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Mar 5, 2:00 PM PST, 6 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 2:00 PM PST, 6 hours 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 1:39 PM PSTWinter Storm WarningSGXRiverside, San Bernardino, San Diego61 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in California, 2013Every winter storm watch in 2013

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.