Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Watches in 2017
Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this flash flood watch at Jan 12, 2017, 3:39 AM PST for Los Angeles County, California. It took effect at Jan 12, 2017, 6:00 AM PST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 12, 2017, 3:39 AM PST (11:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 12, 2017, 6:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2017, 9:00 PM PST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Los Angeles, CA
- Flood severity
- None
County Los Angeles County, CA
The radar
The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:43 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 Los Angeles, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jan 12, 3:27 AM PST, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 3:27 AM PST, 12 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 1:44 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | LOX | 18 hr | |
| Jan 12, 4:23 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo | 3 hr |
| Jan 12, 5:08 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles | 3 hr |
| Jan 12, 6:18 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles | 3 hr |
| Jan 12, 7:26 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 3 hr |
| Jan 12, 8:37 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOX | Ventura | 3 hr |
| Jan 12, 9:25 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles | 5 hr |
| Jan 12, 12:37 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles | 113 min |
| Jan 12, 1:02 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 3 hr |
| Jan 12, 2:16 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles | 119 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in California, 2017Every flash flood watch in 2017
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.