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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

February 18, 2024Monterey County, San Benito County, California

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this flash flood watch at Feb 18, 2024, 10:33 AM PST for Monterey County, San Benito County, California. It took effect at Feb 18, 2024, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 52 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 2024, 10:33 AM PST (18:33 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 18, 2024, 4:00 PM PST
Expired
Feb 20, 2024, 8:20 PM PST
In force
52 hr
Issued by
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Flood severity
None

Counties Monterey County, CA, San Benito County, CA

The radar

The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 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 Feb 18, 10:04 AM PST, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 10:04 AM PST, 29 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
Feb 17, 4:05 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRMarin, Sonoma5 hr
Feb 17, 5:11 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRMarin, Sonoma4 hr
Feb 17, 5:32 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRMarin, Napa, Sonoma6 hr
Feb 17, 6:31 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRNapa, Sonoma3 hr
Feb 17, 8:14 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMTRSan Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz4 hr
Feb 18, 3:35 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementMTRSanta Clara, Santa Cruz25 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in California, 2024Every flash flood watch in 2024

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.