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Flood Watch 2, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

February 3, 202511 counties in California

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this flood watch at Feb 3, 2025, 12:44 AM PST for 11 counties in California. It took effect at Feb 3, 2025, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 3, 2025, 12:44 AM PST (08:44 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 3, 2025, 4:00 PM PST
Expired
Feb 4, 2025, 7:44 PM PST
In force
28 hr
Issued by
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Flood severity
None

Counties Alameda County, CA, City and County of San Francisco, CA, Contra Costa County, CA, Marin County, CA, Monterey County, CA, Napa County, CA, San Benito County, CA, San Mateo County, CA, Santa Clara County, CA, Santa Cruz County, CA, Sonoma County, CA

The radar

The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 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 San Francisco Bay Area, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Feb 2, 9:52 PM PST, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 2, 9:52 PM PST, 2 hours 52 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 3, 3:33 AM PSTGale WarningMTR41 hr
Feb 3, 8:46 AM PSTWind AdvisoryMTRMarin, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma16 hr
Feb 3, 8:46 AM PSTWind AdvisoryMTRAlameda, Contra Costa, Monterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara and 1 more36 hr
Feb 3, 2:33 PM PSTGale WarningMTR30 hr
Feb 3, 2:33 PM PSTStorm WarningMTR30 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in California, 2025Every flood watch in 2025

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.