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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Elko, NV

August 16, 2004Eureka County, Lander County, Nevada

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Reno, NV at 00:00Z on 2004-08-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 111 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Reno, NV at 00:00Z on 2004-08-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 8:28 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLKNEureka, Lander2 hr
Aug 17, 1:26 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko34 min
Aug 17, 2:03 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko, Eureka57 min
Aug 17, 2:52 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko, Eureka, Lander63 min
Aug 17, 3:56 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko, Eureka59 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Nevada, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.