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Flood Watch 1, NWS Las Vegas, NV

March 20, 2018Inyo County, California

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flood watch at Mar 20, 2018, 2:18 PM PDT for Inyo County, California. It took effect at Mar 21, 2018, 3:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 20, 2018, 2:18 PM PDT (21:18 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 21, 2018, 3:00 PM PDT
Expired
Mar 22, 2018, 6:07 PM PDT
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV
Flood severity
None

County Inyo County, CA

The radar

The Edwards AFB radar (KEYX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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 flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Mar 20, 1:57 PM PDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 1:57 PM PDT, 21 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 20, 2:26 PM PDTWinter Weather AdvisoryVEFInyo63 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in California, 2018Every flood watch in 2018

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.