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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

December 7, 2019Marin County, Napa County, Sonoma County, California

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this flash flood watch at Dec 7, 2019, 4:56 AM PST for Marin County, Napa County, Sonoma County, California. It took effect at Dec 7, 2019, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 7, 2019, 4:56 AM PST (12:56 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 7, 2019, 10:00 AM PST
Expired
Dec 7, 2019, 10:00 PM PST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Flood severity
None

Counties Marin County, CA, Napa County, CA, Sonoma County, CA

The radar

The Sacramento radar (KDAX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:58 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 San Francisco Bay Area, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Dec 6, 1:30 PM PST, 15 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 6, 1:30 PM PST, 15 hours 26 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 7, 2:40 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMTR18 hr
Dec 7, 12:54 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRSonoma6 min
Dec 7, 1:31 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR29 min
Dec 7, 1:53 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRSonoma22 min
Dec 7, 2:00 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR30 min
Dec 7, 2:22 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRSonoma38 min
Dec 7, 2:29 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningMTR31 min
Dec 7, 2:34 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRSan Mateo26 min
Dec 7, 2:58 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRSan Mateo32 min
Dec 7, 2:59 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRAlameda, Contra Costa, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo61 min
Dec 7, 3:21 PM PSTAreal Flood WarningMTRCity and County of San Francisco84 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in California, 2019Every 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.