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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2004, 10:30 PM PDT for Eureka County, Lander County, Nevada. It was in force for 2 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
- Aug 16, 2004, 10:30 PM PDT (05:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2004, 12:30 AM PDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Eureka County, NV, Lander County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 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 170530 FFWLKN NVC011-015-170730- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1030 PM PDT MON AUG 16 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN EUREKA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PALISADE...EMIGRANT PASS...DUNPHY... CRESCENT VALLEY...BEOWAWE NORTHEASTERN LANDER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ARGENTA * UNTIL 1230 AM PDT * AT 1030 PM PDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRESCENT VALLEY. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. 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. 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 4099 11672 4036 11694 4040 11613 4097 11617 $$ SLA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 8:28 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Eureka, Lander | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:26 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Elko | 34 min |
| Aug 17, 2:03 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Elko, Eureka | 57 min |
| Aug 17, 2:52 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Elko, Eureka, Lander | 63 min |
| Aug 17, 3:56 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Elko, Eureka | 59 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.