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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Elko, NV

July 28, 2003Lander County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2003, 7:00 PM PDT for Lander County, Nevada. It was in force for 90 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 28, 2003, 7:00 PM PDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2003, 8:30 PM PDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lander County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 2003-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 240 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
240 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3385 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 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 290204
FFWLKN
NVC015-290330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
700 PM PDT MON JUL 28 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL LANDER COUNTY IN NEVADA

* UNTIL 830 PM PDT

* AT 652 PM PDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 
RAIN OVER CENTRAL LANDER COUNTY...OR ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF THE 
GRASS VALLEY RANCH. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL REMAIN...NEAR GRASS 
VALLEY RANCH THROUGH 745 PM PDT.

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 ALONG THE TOIYABE RANGE 
NEAR GRASS VALLEY RANCH 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 3987 11669 3981 11697 3966 11690 3970 11667

$$

PELOQUIN/WALLMANN

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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.