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Flash Flood Watch 7, NWS Los Angeles, CA

February 15, 2017Los Angeles County, Santa Barbara County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this flash flood watch at Feb 15, 2017, 1:43 PM PST for Los Angeles County, Santa Barbara County, California. It took effect at Feb 17, 2017, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 15, 2017, 1:43 PM PST (21:43 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 17, 2017, 7:00 AM PST
Expired: Feb 18, 2017, 9:21 AM PST
In force: 26 hr
Issued by: NWS Los Angeles, CA
Flood severity: None

Counties Los Angeles County, CA, Santa Barbara County, CA

The radar

The Los Angeles radar (KVTX), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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 Feb 15, 1:43 PM PST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 1:43 PM PST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 15, 3:00 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	LOX		18 hr
Feb 15, 3:24 AM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	LOX		6 hr
Feb 15, 1:43 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	LOX		24 hr
Feb 15, 2:02 PM PST	High Wind Watch	LOX	Los Angeles, Santa Barbara	23 hr
Feb 15, 2:23 PM PST	Gale Watch	LOX		15 hr
Feb 15, 2:23 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	LOX		15 hr
Feb 15, 3:13 PM PST	High Surf Advisory	LOX	Los Angeles	8 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in California, 2017 Every 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.