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Winter Storm Watch 5, NWS San Diego, CA

December 22, 2016Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this winter storm watch at Dec 22, 2016, 4:12 AM PST for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Dec 23, 2016, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 22, 2016, 4:12 AM PST (12:12 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 23, 2016, 4:00 PM PST
Expired: Dec 23, 2016, 4:10 AM PST
In force
Issued by: NWS San Diego, CA

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

The radar

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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 Dec 21, 8:51 PM PST, 7 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 8:51 PM PST, 7 hours 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 21, 11:51 PM PST, 4 hours 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 21, 11:57 PM PST, 4 hours 15 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 22, 12:41 AM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	SGX	Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego	6 hr
Dec 22, 3:07 AM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	SGX	Riverside, San Bernardino	4 hr
Dec 22, 6:47 AM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	SGX	Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino	118 min
Dec 22, 8:48 AM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	SGX	Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino	117 min
Dec 22, 10:08 AM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	SGX	Riverside	3 hr
Dec 22, 1:01 PM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	SGX	Riverside	3 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in California, 2016 Every winter storm watch in 2016

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.