Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Elko, NV

Issued

Jul 4, 1996, 3:26 PM PDT (22:26 UTC)

Expired

Jul 4, 1996, 5:30 PM PDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Elko, NV

Area

Whole counties

County Elko County, NV

000 
TTAA00 KEKO 042227
FFWEKO
NVC007-050030-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
326 PM PDT THU JUL 4 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN NORTHEAST NEVADA
 
   ...EAST CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY
 
AT 322 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD
FALLEN THE PAST HOUR JUST NORTH OF PEQUOP SUMMIT EAST OF WELLS. THIS
RAIN FELL IN A CANYON WEST OF SQUAW CREEK RANCH...AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE
DRY WASHES AND CREEKS IN THAT AREA TO FLOOD.  MINOR FLOODING HAS ALREADY
BEEN REPORTED IN OASIS FROM THIS STORM.
 
ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH IN ONE
HOUR WAS DEVELOPING ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OASIS...AND WILL LIKELY
MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA THAT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.
PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 80 EAST OF WELLS AND ALONG
HIGHWAY 233 FROM OASIS TO THE UTAH BORDER SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WATER
OVER THE ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE WASHED OUT SECONDARY ROADS.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
CRAVEN
 
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NWS Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 4, 1:05 PM PDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
104 PM PDT THU JUL 4 1996

VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE TROUGH TO MOVE ACROSS PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND BRITISH
COLUMBIA NEXT 24 HOURS.  THIS FLATTENS THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF UPPER HIGH
AND TURNS FLOW TO WEST SOUTHWEST ACROSS GREAT BASIN NEXT COUPLE DAYS.
WATER VAPOR IMAGES ALREADY SHOW TREND OF DRIER AIR PUSHING GRADUALLY
EAST.  MODEL MOISTURE PROGS SHOW GOOD AGREEMENT IN PUSHING MONSOON
MOISTURE EAST OF CWA BY TONIGHT.

CAPES RUNNING ABOUT 1000-1500 J/KG THIS AFTERNOON EAST OF A AWH-EKO-P68
LINE.  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING OVER EASTERN
ELKO COUNTY AND WHITE PINE COUNTY AND WILL NEED TO INCLUDE THESE IN
ZONES.  BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND APPROACHING SEVERE WIND GUSTS LIKELY.

ALTHOUGH FLOW TURNS WESTERLY AS SHORT WAVE TROUGH GOES BY TO
NORTH...HEIGHTS ACTUALLY BUILD AT 500 MB BY LATER FRIDAY...AND
TEMPERATURES WARM TO ABOVE -6 C DURING AFTERNOON.  APPEARS DRYING WILL
BE MORE SUBSTANTIAL THAN IN CURRENT FORECAST SO WILL REMOVE MENTION OF
THUNDERSTORMS FROM EASTERN AREAS.

IN THE LONGER RANGE...WONDER WHETHER MONSOON CAN RETURN THIS FAR NORTH
AND WEST UNTIL MONDAY OR TUESDAY.  WOULD PROPOSE THAT THE BEGINNING OF
THE EXTENDED BE WORDED IN A DRIER FASHION.

WMC000-  EKO100-  ELY3-0-     CRAVEN

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