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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Medford, OR

August 21, 2023Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this flash flood watch at Aug 21, 2023, 10:02 AM PDT for Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Aug 21, 2023, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 21, 2023, 10:02 AM PDT (17:02 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 21, 2023, 2:00 PM PDT
Expired
Aug 21, 2023, 4:28 PM PDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR
Flood severity
None

County Siskiyou County, CA

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:05 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 Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Aug 20, 2:58 PM PDT, 19 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 2:58 PM PDT, 19 hours 4 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 5:03 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementMFRJackson42 min
Aug 21, 4:28 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningMFRSiskiyou3 hr
Aug 21, 4:39 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFRSiskiyou3 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.