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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Sacramento, CA

January 28, 2016Amador County, Calaveras County, El Dorado County, California

NWS Sacramento, CA issued this flash flood watch at Jan 28, 2016, 11:12 AM PST for Amador County, Calaveras County, El Dorado County, California. It took effect at Jan 29, 2016, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 28, 2016, 11:12 AM PST (19:12 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 29, 2016, 10:00 AM PST
Expired
Jan 30, 2016, 7:26 AM PST
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Sacramento, CA
Flood severity
None

Counties Amador County, CA, Calaveras County, CA, El Dorado County, CA

The radar

The Sacramento radar (KDAX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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 Sacramento, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jan 28, 9:38 AM PST, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 9:38 AM PST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 28, 4:51 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchSTO11 hr
Jan 28, 7:27 AM PSTDense Fog AdvisorySTO4 hr
Jan 28, 3:24 PM PSTWinter Storm WarningSTO36 hr
Jan 28, 3:24 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisorySTO36 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in California, 2016Every flash flood 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.