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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Elko, NV

August 2, 2003Elko County, Eureka County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2003, 2:46 PM PDT for Elko County, Eureka County, Nevada. It was in force for 29 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
Aug 2, 2003, 2:46 PM PDT (21:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2003, 3:15 PM PDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Elko County, NV, Eureka County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 152 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, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2003-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 112 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2003-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
112 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1060 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS55 KLKN 022151
FFWLKN
NVC007-011-022215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
246 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY IN NEVADA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TUSCARORA...SOUTH FORK...ELKO...
  CARLIN
  NORTH CENTRAL EUREKA COUNTY IN NEVADA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PALISADE

* UNTIL 315 PM PDT

* AT 243 PM PDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM TUSCARORA TO EAST 
CENTRAL EUREKA COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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.

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

LAT...LON 4055 11624 4054 11563 4131 11564 4132 11627

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 2:46 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLKNElko, Eureka89 min
Aug 2, 3:56 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.