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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Sacramento, CA
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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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Sacramento, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 4:51 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | STO | 11 hr | |
| Jan 28, 7:27 AM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | STO | 4 hr | |
| Jan 28, 3:24 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | STO | 36 hr | |
| Jan 28, 3:24 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | STO | 36 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.