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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2003, 3:29 PM PDT for Elko County, Eureka County, Nevada. It was in force for 61 min. 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, 2003, 3:29 PM PDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2003, 4:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Elko County, NV, Eureka County, NV
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2330 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS55 KLKN 242300 FFWLKN NVC007-011-242330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 329 PM PDT THU JUL 24 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY IN NEVADA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CARLIN NORTH CENTRAL EUREKA COUNTY IN NEVADA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PALISADE * UNTIL 430 PM PDT * AT 312 PM PDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 9 MILES WEST OF CARLIN...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF EMIGRANT PASS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN EUREKA AND SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTIES NEAR CARLIN UNTIL 430 PM PDT. NEVADA DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED THAT STATE HIGHWAY 278 CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC DUE TO FLASH FLOODS FROM 2 TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF CARLIN. DELAYS OF 2 HOURS CAN BE EXPECTED. 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 4042 11626 4043 11606 4101 11602 4101 11631
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 24, 2:30 PM PDT, 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 2:30 PM PDT, 59 minutes before
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 230 PM PDT THU JUL 24 2003 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING WARM WEATHER TO THE GREAT BASIN. MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A RISK OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO NEVADA INTO NEXT WEEK. .DISCUSSION...ACTIVE WX DAY GOING WITH KLRX LOTS OF CONVECTION ACROSS THE CWFA ATTM. STORMS ARE ROBUST BUT HAVE NOT REACHED SEVERE LEVELS YET. ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN ZONES AND ELKO CTY THROUGH THE EVENING WITH FOCUS SHIFTING TO THE I-80 CORRIDOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON. BIG ISSUE OVER NEXT FEW DAYS WILL BE JET INFLUENCE AS UPPER JET ROTATES THROUGH WRN NV INTO SRN ID WITH RR QUAD INFLUENCE AIDING DEVELOPMENT OVER NEXT FEW DAYS. HAVE STRONG UPPER DIVERGENCE OVER THE REGION AND AM GOING WITH SOLID SCT WORDING THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEKEND AS ISSUE IS COVERAGE INSTEAD OF UNCERTAINTY. WITH STRONG PW VALUES EXPECT GOOD QPF AMTS GIVEN POTENTIAL FOR SLOW STORM MOVEMENT PLUS TRAINING POTENTIAL NEXT FEW DAYS. WILL ALSO NEED TO WATCH FLOW REGIME AS SHEAR PROFILE MAY BECOME FAVORABLE FOR BETTER DEVELOPMENT TOMORROW AS WELL. DO NOT EXPECT TEMPS TO REACH RECORD LEVELS LIKE THEY HAVE EARLIER IN THE WEEK AS CONVECTIVE INITIATION SHOULD BE AROUND NOON. THOUGH STILL EXPECT VALUES TO BE ABOVE GUIDANCE WHICH HAVE BEEN TOO COOL RECENTLY. ALL THIS TIME UPPER HIGH REMAINS OVER COLORADO WITH WEAK VORT FEATURES CONTINUE TO ROTATE AROUND THIS HIGH. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL KEEP MOISTURE OVER THE REGION WITH ATMOSPHERE REMAINING UNSTABLE WITH NEG LIS ACROSS ENTIRE CWFA FOR MOST OF THE WEEKEND. .EXTENDED...UPPER HIGH BUILDS BACK INTO NE NV WITH WEAK FLOW RETURNING TO THE REGION. WILL SEE TEMPS ONCE AGAIN APPROACH AND EXCEED 100 IN WARMER VALLEYS WITH CONTINUED THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS MOISTURE TRAPPED UNDER THE HIGH WILL REMAIN FOR SOME TIME. .EKO...NONE. FEHRN
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 2:30 PM PDT, 59 minutes before
NVZ030>037-251200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 230 PM PDT THU JUL 24 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NEVADA .DAY ONE... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE PERIOD. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH GUSTY WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THEIR LOCAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE WITH ANY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER. FEHRN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2:37 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Eureka | 23 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.