Alert archive / Nevada / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 1992, 6:49 PM PDT for White Pine County, Nevada. It was in force for 116 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 6, 1992, 6:49 PM PDT (01:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 1992, 8:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
- Area
- Whole counties
County White Pine County, NV
The nearest sounding before it
Ely/Yelland Fld, NV (KELY), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 20 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2433 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KELY 070149 FFWELY NVC033-070345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELY NV 649 PM PDT THU AUG 6 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELY HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM PDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL NEVADA ...WHITE PINE COUNTY ...THIS INCLUDE THE AREAS OF ELY...MCGILL...RUTH...AND GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK............. AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCAL HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OVER WHITE PINE COUNTY THIS EVENING. THE WHITE PINE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS REPORTED MAJOR STREET FLOODING IN ELY AND THE POSSIBLE WASHOUT OF THE LOCAL ROADWAY TO THE ELY STATE PRISON. ALSO A HOUSE FIRE WAS REPORTED THAT WAS POSSIBLE LIGHTNING CAUSED. THE THUNDERSTORM CELLS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST AND CAN CAUSE FURTHER FLOODING THIS EVENING. LIGHTNING DETECTION SENSORS AND SATELLITE INFORMATION INDICATED FUTHER STORMS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE ELY WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS RECORDED OVER 2/3 OF AN INCH OF RAIN DURING THE LAST TWO HOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS OF ADDITIONAL INFORMANTION AND UPDATED WEATHER. RAE/0153 NNNN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 6:19 PM PDT, 30 minutes before
NVZ007-060400
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELY NV
606 PM PDT THU AUG 6 1992
...LOCAL STREET FLOODING REPORTED IN ELY....
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WHITE PINE COUNTY UNTIL
9PM THIS EVENING...
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OVERR EAST CENTRAL
NEAVADA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVY RAIN HAS CAUSED SEVERAL
STREETS IN ELY TO BE CLOSED OFF BY THE WHITE PINE COUNTY SHERIFF
DEPARTMENT. ALSO A REPORT OF A POSSIBLE LIGHTNING CAUSED HOUSE FIRE
IN ELY. THE ELY WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS RECORDED OVER 0.65 OF AN
INCH OF PRECIPITATION IN THE LAST TWO HOURS AND CORRENTLY IS
REPORTING MODERATE RAINSHOWERS AND SMALL HAIL.
IF ANY THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED IN YOUR VICINTY...SUCH AS
LIGHTNING...HAIL...OR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER. IF
YOU ARE DRIVING...STAY ALERT FOR POSSIBLE HIGHWAY FLOODING AND CLOSED
SECTIONS OF ROADWAY
STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RAD>IO...TV...OR NOAA/WEATHER RADIO FOR THE
LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND WARNINGS.
ESTELL/0115ZSpecial weather statement, Aug 6, 6:20 PM PDT, 29 minutes before
NVZ007-070400
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELY NV
606 PM PDT THU AUG 6 1992
...LOCAL STREET FLOODING REPORTED IN ELY....
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WHITE PINE COUNTY UNTIL
9PM THIS EVENING...
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OVERR EAST CENTRAL
NEAVADA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVY RAIN HAS CAUSED SEVERAL
STREETS IN ELY TO BE CLOSED OFF BY THE WHITE PINE COUNTY SHERIFF
DEPARTMENT. ALSO A REPORT OF A POSSIBLE LIGHTNING CAUSED HOUSE FIRE
IN ELY. THE ELY WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS RECORDED OVER 0.65 OF AN
INCH OF PRECIPITATION IN THE LAST TWO HOURS AND CORRENTLY IS
REPORTING MODERATE RAINSHOWERS AND SMALL HAIL.
IF ANY THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED IN YOUR VICINTY...SUCH AS
LIGHTNING...HAIL...OR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER. IF
YOU ARE DRIVING...STAY ALERT FOR POSSIBLE HIGHWAY FLOODING AND CLOSED
SECTIONS OF ROADWAY
STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADBIO...TV...OR NOAA/WEATHER RADIO FOR THE
LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND WARNINGS.
ESTELL/0115ZNearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.