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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Sacramento, CA

February 20, 2017

NWS Sacramento, CA issued this flash flood watch at Feb 20, 2017, 12:05 PM PST. It took effect at Feb 20, 2017, 3:00 PM PST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 20, 2017, 12:05 PM PST (20:05 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 20, 2017, 3:00 PM PST
Expired
Feb 21, 2017, 12:00 AM PST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Sacramento, CA
Flood severity
None

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 Feb 20, 4:15 AM PST, 7 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 4:15 AM PST, 7 hours 50 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 7:57 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSTOAmador, El Dorado, Sacramento43 hr
Feb 20, 2:42 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSTOStanislaus24 hr
Feb 20, 1:10 PM PSTWind AdvisorySTO14 hr

Nearby

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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.