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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Sacramento, CA

March 22, 2018

NWS Sacramento, CA issued this flash flood watch at Mar 22, 2018, 8:47 AM PDT. It took effect at Mar 22, 2018, 9:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 22, 2018, 8:47 AM PDT (15:47 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 22, 2018, 9:00 AM PDT
Expired: Mar 22, 2018, 11:00 PM PDT
In force: 14 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 Mar 22, 3:06 AM PDT, 5 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 3:06 AM PDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 22, 7:28 AM PDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 21, 5:44 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	STO	Yuba	46 min
Mar 21, 6:31 PM PDT	Tornado Warning	STO	Yuba	29 min
Mar 21, 9:37 PM PDT	River Flood Warning	STO	Amador, El Dorado, Sacramento	34 hr
Mar 21, 9:44 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	STO	Shasta	46 min
Mar 22, 7:28 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	STO	Placer	62 min
Mar 22, 8:02 AM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	STO	Amador, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin	3 hr
Mar 22, 10:18 AM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	STO	Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Sacramento, San Joaquin	3 hr
Mar 22, 10:59 AM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	STO	Stanislaus, Tuolumne	3 hr
Mar 22, 11:15 AM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	STO	Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer and 5 more	6 hr
Mar 22, 1:13 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	STO	San Joaquin	32 min
Mar 22, 2:05 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	STO	Amador	25 min
Mar 22, 2:22 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	STO	Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado	38 min
Mar 22, 2:24 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	STO	Tuolumne	24 hr
Mar 22, 2:55 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	STO	Calaveras	35 min
Mar 22, 3:47 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	STO	Nevada	43 min
Mar 22, 4:59 PM PDT	Areal Flood Warning	STO	Tuolumne	6 hr

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