Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Elko, NV

Issued

Jul 8, 1996, 12:28 PM PDT (19:28 UTC)

Expired

Jul 8, 1996, 3:30 PM PDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Elko, NV

Area

Whole counties

County White Pine County, NV

000 
TTAA00 KEKO 081930
FFWEKO
NVC033-082230-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1228 PM PDT MON JUL 8 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NEVADA
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY
 
AT 1223 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT
AN INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE
CHERRY CREEK RANGE NEAR CHERRY CREEK. THE PUBLIC REPORTED MARBLE SIZED
HAIL COVERING THE GROUND AT CHERRY CREEK AT 1210 PM.
 
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN IN
THAT AREA FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS
WERE ALSO SHOWN OVER THE SHELL CREEK MOUNTAINS ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF
MCGILL. SEVERAL NATIONAL FORREST CAMPGROUNDS ARE LOCATED NEAR THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
 
NORMALL DRY WASHES IN THE WARNED AREA AND SMALL CREEKS MAY BECOME RAGING
TORRENTS IN JUST A SHORT PERIOD AS A QUICK 1-2 INCHES OF RAIN FALLS.  IF
HEAVY RAIN OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS 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.
 
CRAVEN
 
&

NWS Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 8, 8:35 AM PDT, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.

NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
835 AM PDT MON JUL 8 1996

KLRX SHOWING TSRA OVER NW ZN5 AS UPR LVL IMPULSE MOVES INTO NRN CA.
LOTS OF ACCAS THIS MORNING AND EVEN A FEW -SHRA OVER SRN ZN 6 AND NRN
ZN 7. AS TO NO SURPRISE SAT PIX SHOWING LOTS OF MID CLDS AND SHOWERS
OVER THE SAME AREAS MENTIONED ABOVE. LUKS PRETTY UNSTABLE TDA ACRS FA
WITH 12Z LKN SNDG LI AT ZERO AND MODIFIED FOR MAX TEMP YIELDS ABT -2 TO
-3 LI THIS AFT. A QUIK LUK AT 12Z ETA NTRANS CONVECTIVE PRODUCTS SHOWS
BEST INSTABILITY TO RUN THE HWY 50 CORRIDOR THIS AFT WITH FCST CAPES OF
300-500 J/KG AND CORRESPONDING -LI VALUES...AND WILL WORD FCST THAT
WAY. WV IMAGERY DOES SHOW SOME DRYING MOVING NORTH FROM SRN NV...BUT
LUKS LIKE THE NRWRD PUSH IS SLOWING SOMEWHAT. FEEL THAT BEST CHCS OF
TSRA TO BE ACRS ZN5 AND SRN ZN6 AND OF COURSE ZN7. WILL MAKE SOME
COSMETIC CHANGES TO ALL ZONE WORDING PER COORDINATION WITH LAS/RNO.
WILL HAVE TO MAKE SOME TEMP ADJUSTMENTS ALSO.
EKO221    WMC312     ELY333

DUDLEY

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