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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 2005, 5:21 PM PDT for Storey County, Washoe County, Nevada. It was in force for 114 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
- Jun 24, 2005, 5:21 PM PDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2005, 7:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 114 min
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 595 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS55 KREV 250026
FFWREV
NVC029-031-250215-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
521 PM PDT FRI JUN 24 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN STOREY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA
SOUTH CENTRAL WASHOE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA
* UNTIL 715 PM PDT
* AT 520 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LOCKWOOD AND
PATRICK.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOCKWOOD
AND PATRICK AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND
35 OR INTERSTATE 80 APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES EAST OF SPARKS..
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. STANDING WATER ON INTERSTATE 80 SHOULD
ALSO EXPECTED.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER
COVERS THE ROADWAY. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN
QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3947 11969 3941 11950 3954 11946 3964 11947
3960 11963 3955 11969
$$
MILNE3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS75 KREV 250122
FFSREV
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
614 PM PDT FRI JUN 24 2005
NVC029-031-250215-
STOREY NV-WASHOE NV-
614 PM PDT FRI JUN 24 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM PDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
WASHOE AND NORTHWESTERN STOREY COUNTIES...
AT 612 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH
FLOODING NEAR LOCKWOOD AND PATRICK. AT 615 PM PDT HIGHWAY PATROL
REPORTED STANDING WATER ON INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MUSTANG AND VISTA
OR NEAR MILE MARKER 31.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOCKWOOD
AND PATRICK AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND
35 OR INTERSTATE 80 APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES EAST OF SPARKS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS RANCHES ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. STANDING WATER ON INTERSTATE 80 SHOULD
ALSO EXPECTED AS WELL AS POSSIBLE ROCK AND MUD SLIDES.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER
COVERS THE ROADWAY. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN
QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3947 11969 3941 11950 3954 11946 3964 11947
3960 11963 3955 11969
$$
BENINATO000
WGUS75 KREV 250228
FFSREV
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
721 PM PDT FRI JUN 24 2005
NVC029-250231-
STOREY NV-WASHOE NV-
721 PM PDT FRI JUN 24 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN STOREY COUNTY HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 715 PM PDT...
AT 715 PM PDT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING
HAD MOVED TO THE WEST. FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON I-80 EARLIER THIS
EVENING...HOWEVER THIS WATER HAS STARTED TO RUN OFF. RESIDENTS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AS MORE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVER
THE AREA THIS EVENING.
LAT...LON 3947 11969 3941 11950 3954 11946 3964 11947
3960 11963 3955 11969
$$
OHARA000 WGUS75 KREV 250235 CCA FFSREV FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 721 PM PDT FRI JUN 24 2005 NVC029-250231- STOREY NV- 721 PM PDT FRI JUN 24 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN STOREY COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 715 PM PDT... AT 715 PM PDT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAD MOVED TO THE WEST. FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON I-80 EARLIER THIS EVENING...HOWEVER THIS WATER HAS STARTED TO RUN OFF. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AS MORE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING. $$ OHARA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 6:35 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Washoe | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 6:50 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | REV | Washoe | 55 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.