Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Elko, NV

Issued

Jul 16, 1996, 11:58 AM PDT (18:58 UTC)

Expired

Jul 16, 1996, 3:00 PM PDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Elko, NV

Area

Whole counties

County Elko County, NV

000 
TTAA00 KEKO 161859
FFWEKO
NVC007-162200-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1158 AM PDT TUE JUL 16 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN NORTHEAST NEVADA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY
 
AT 1150 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REPEATEDLY MOVED OVER THE SAME AREA FROM JUST SOUTH
OF WENDOVER TO NEAR CURRIE OVER THE PAST COUPLE HOURS. ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP LOCALLY TORRENTIAL RAINS IN THIS AREA
THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.
 
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN IN PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA.  AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN
IS POSSIBLE...LIKELY CAUSING FLOODING OF NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND SMALL
CREEKS IN THE AREA.  THE BEST CHANCES FOR FLOODING WILL BE IN THE CURRIE
AREA AND ALONG ALTERNATE HIGHWAY 93 FROM THE WHITE PINE COUNTY TO NEAR
WENDOVER.
 
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/REDMAN

NWS Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 16, 2:22 AM PDT, 9 hours 36 minutes earlier.

NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
225 AM PDT TUE JUL 16 1996

TSRA STILL MOVING ACRS SRN ZN7 PER KLRX...ENUF WARRANT UPDT. ON STLT
PIX WV IMGRY SHOWING UPR VORT MAX OVER NRN CA WITH LOTS OF DRY AIR
PUNCHING INTO ALL BUT FAR NW CORNER OF STATE. 00Z MDLS IN FAIRLY GUD
AGRMNT IN BRINGING VORT INTO NRN NV DURING DAY TDA...HOWEVER ETA IS
SLOWER AND DURING AFT NGM SPLITS THE SYSTEM...MOVING ONE PIECE INTO SRN
ID. WILL SEE IF EITHER OF THESE SCENARIOS PLAYS OUT. IN ADDITION LUKS
MSTR PROGS TRY AND PUSH THE DEEPEST MSTR IN AN ARC ALONG THE ID
BORDER...THEN DOWN THE UT BORDER. AS HAS BEEN THE CASE LATELY SHUD SEE
A GOOD SHOT AT TSRA THIS AFT OVER THESE AREAS ALONG STRONGEST GRADIENT
ALONG BACK SIDE OF THETA E RDG WITH THIS IN MIND WILL CHG WORDING TO
SCT IN ZN6. AS VORT MOVES INTO NW NV THIS AFT FEEL ENUF RESIDUAL MSTR
AND DYNAMICS TO UP WORDING TO SCT IN ZN5.  WITH DYNAMICS MOVING ACRS
NORTH TDA AND MSTR REMAINING ALONG NORTH AND EAST...CUD BE A VERY
INTERESTING DAY ESPECIALLY IN ERN ZN6 &7. LUKS LIKE THINGS TO FINALLY
DRY OUT ON WEDNESDAY AS MSTR SHIFTS EAST INTO UT FOR THE MOST
PART...ALTHOUGH SRN NV MAY SEE SOME RESIDUAL TSRA. DON'T SEE THE
PREVIOUSLY PROMISED COOLDOWN THOUGH AS MDL TEMPS AT H85/70 DON'T
COOLDOWN AND ACTUALLY WARMUP THROUGH F48. LUKING AT THE EXTENDED PD
MRF REBUILDS OUR OLD FRIEND THE 4 CORNERS HI IN FOR THE WEEKEND SO HERE
WE GO AGAIN WITH THE MONSOON.
EKO2-0  WMC2-0  (ELY310

DUDLEY

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