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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Los Angeles, CA

January 14, 2019Los Angeles County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this flash flood watch at Jan 14, 2019, 1:38 PM PST for Los Angeles County, California. It took effect at Jan 15, 2019, 8:00 AM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 14, 2019, 1:38 PM PST (21:38 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 15, 2019, 8:00 AM PST
Expired: Jan 15, 2019, 7:30 PM PST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Los Angeles, CA
Flood severity: None

County Los Angeles County, CA

The radar

The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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 Jan 14, 10:19 AM PST, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 10:19 AM PST, 3 hours 19 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
Jan 13, 10:11 PM PST	Wind Advisory	LOX	Santa Barbara	16 hr
Jan 14, 6:37 AM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	LOX	Los Angeles, Ventura	3 hr
Jan 14, 10:26 AM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	LOX	Los Angeles, Ventura	109 min
Jan 14, 1:05 PM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	LOX	Los Angeles, Ventura	115 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in California, 2019 Every flash flood watch in 2019

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.