Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Elko, NV

Issued

Aug 17, 1997, 2:40 PM PDT (21:40 UTC)

Expired

Aug 17, 1997, 5:00 PM PDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Elko, NV

Area

Whole counties

Counties Eureka County, NV, White Pine County, NV

The Elko radar (KLRX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

000 
TTAA00 KLKN 172141 RRA
FFWEKO
NVC011-033-180000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
240 PM PDT SUN AUG 17 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...

IN CENTRAL NEVADA

   ...SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY

IN EAST CENTRAL NEVADA

   ...WESTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY

AT 240 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS FROM EUREKA TO NORTH CENTRAL WHITE PINE COUNTY AND SLOWLY
MOVING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE
VICINTY OF THE SOUTHERN DIAMOND MOUNTAINS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE
TO MOVE OVER THE SAME REGION FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL...HELPING THE
THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED
EARLIER HAS BEEN REISSUED.

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.

REDMAN

NWS Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 17, 1:40 AM PDT, 13 hours earlier.

NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
200 AM PDT SUN AUG 17 1997

CLOUDS FROM STRONGER THAN ANTICIPATED S/WV MAINLY EAST OF STATE ATTM.
THREE FEATURES SEEN ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY TO AFFECT WEATHER TODAY. LOW
CENTER SOUTHWEST OF SAN DIEGO HAS BEEN BRINGING MUCH HIGHER DEWPOINTS
INTO SOUTHERN NEVADA...THIS PROBABLY WILL NOT MAKE IT INTO EKO CWA WITH
STRONGER SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA. ANOTHER VORT CENTER
WEST OF PORTLAND WILL DROP SOUTHEAST TODAY WITH SPEED MAX SHOWN TO ITS
SOUTH MOVG ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA BORDER. THIS COMBINED WITH WEAK
CONVERGENCE FROM CENTRAL LANDER COUNTY INTO NORTHERN WHITE PINE COUNTY
AND SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS EAST WILL MAKE FOR AFTERNOON CLOUDS
NORTHEAST. WHITE PINE COUNTY CLOSE ENOUGH TO HIGHER DEWPOINTS THAT
SLIGHT CHANCE POPS LOOK GOOD FOR THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
LOW EJECTS EASTWARD MONDAY AN TUESDAY WITH STRENGTHENING SYSTEM IN GULF
OF ALASKA PROVIDING RISING HGHTS OVER GREAT BASIN.
EKO000    WMC000   ELY100
PETERSON

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.