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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Reno, NV

July 13, 1996El Dorado County, California

NWS Reno, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 1996, 2:00 PM PDT for El Dorado County, California. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1996, 2:00 PM PDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1996, 3:00 PM PDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV
Area
Whole counties

County El Dorado County, CA

The nearest sounding before it

Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 187 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Oakland, CA at 12:00Z on 1996-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Oakland, CA at 12:00Z on 1996-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1910 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KRNO 132057 RRA
FFWRNO
CAC017-132200-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
200 PM PDT SAT JUL 13 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CALIFORNIA
 
   ...EASTERN EL DORADO COUNTY
 
AT 2 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY ALONG THE SIERRA CREST
IN EASTERN EL DORADO COUNTY CALIFORNIA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS...WHICH WILL CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND WASHES ON SLOPES TO THE SOUTHWEST OF
LAKE TAHOE.
 
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.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 3:25 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningREVNevada65 min
Jul 13, 3:25 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningREVNevada65 min

Nearby

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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.