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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Elko, NV

July 24, 2002Eureka County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2002, 6:08 PM PDT for Eureka County, Nevada. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 2002, 6:08 PM PDT (01:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2002, 9:00 PM PDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Eureka County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 161 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, Reno, NV at 00:00Z on 2002-07-25Temperature 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, Reno, NV at 00:00Z on 2002-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
4014 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 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 
WGUS55 KLKN 250108
FFWLKN
NVC011-250400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
602 PM PDT WED JUL 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY IN NEVADA

* UNTIL 900 PM PDT

* AT 559 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED 
TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN 
EUREKA COUNTY.  LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED THAT FLOODING WAS 
OCCURRING ALONG US HWY 50 APPROXIMATELY TWENTY MILES WEST OF THE 
CITY OF EUREKA.  RADAR INDICATES THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING 
ACROSS KOBEH VALLEY AND ANTELOPE VALLEY.  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS 
SLOWLY DRIFTING EAST AS INDIVIDUAL STORMS TRACKED TO THE NORTHEAST 
AT 15 MPH.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK 
HIGHER GROUND.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

LAT...LON 3951 11656 3939 11640 3945 11605 3969 11606
          3979 11632

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 5:10 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLKNEureka50 min
Jul 25, 12:23 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNEureka, White Pine22 min
Jul 25, 1:27 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNWhite Pine48 min
Jul 25, 2:15 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLKNWhite Pine3 hr
Jul 25, 2:31 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNWhite Pine59 min
Jul 25, 2:41 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko34 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.