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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Sacramento, CA

October 3, 2018

NWS Sacramento, CA issued this flash flood watch at Oct 3, 2018, 9:31 AM PDT. It took effect at Oct 3, 2018, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 3, 2018, 9:31 AM PDT (16:31 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 3, 2018, 12:00 PM PDT
Expired: Oct 3, 2018, 6:31 PM PDT
In force: 7 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 Oct 3, 4:01 AM PDT, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 4:01 AM PDT, 5 hours 30 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
Oct 3, 1:01 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	STO	Colusa, Glenn, Lake	3 hr
Oct 3, 1:10 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	STO	Yolo	50 min
Oct 3, 1:34 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	STO	Yolo	3 hr
Oct 3, 3:08 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	STO	Sacramento	52 min
Oct 3, 4:09 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	STO	El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Yuba	3 hr
Oct 3, 4:23 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	STO	Sutter	52 min
Oct 3, 4:25 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	STO	San Joaquin	65 min
Oct 3, 4:49 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	STO	Butte	56 min
Oct 3, 4:54 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	STO	San Joaquin	51 min

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.