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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 2005, 4:38 PM PDT for Washoe County, Nevada; Modoc County, California. 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
- Jun 24, 2005, 4:38 PM PDT (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2005, 6:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Modoc County, CA, Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 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 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1855 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 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 KREV 242343
FFWREV
CAC049-NVC031-250145-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
438 PM PDT FRI JUN 24 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MODOC COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA
* UNTIL 645 PM PDT
* AT 435 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER FAR NORTHERN
WASHOE COUNTY AND THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF SURPRISE VALLEY IN NORTHEAST
CALIFORNIA. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY AND ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUED THROUGH EARLY EVENING.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HAYS CANYON
AND BULL CREEK.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS RANCHES ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. THIS STORM WILL ALSO BE CAPABABLE OF
SMALL HAIL.
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.
LAT...LON 4120 12004 4127 11938 4151 11939 4166 12016
4151 12017
$$
HOHMANN1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS75 KREV 250047
FFSREV
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
545 PM PDT FRI JUN 24 2005
CAC049-NVC031-250145-
MODOC CA-WASHOE NV-
545 PM PDT FRI JUN 24 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM PDT FOR NORTHERN
WASHOE AND SOUTHEASTERN MODOC COUNTIES...
AT 545 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER FAR
NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY AND THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF SURPRISE VALLEY IN
NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA. BLM REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER HAYS CANYON
SHORTLY BEFORE 500 PM PDT. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY AND
ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 645 PM PDT.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HAYS CANYON
AND BULL CREEK.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS RANCHES ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. THIS STORM WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF
SMALL HAIL.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
LAT...LON 4120 12004 4127 11938 4151 11939 4166 12016
4151 12017
$$
BENINATOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 4:15 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Washoe | 51 min |
| Jun 24, 4:59 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Storey, Washoe | 52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.