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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 2005, 6:50 PM PDT for Washoe County, Nevada. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 2005, 6:50 PM PDT (01:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2005, 7:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 7:16 PM PDT | FLASH FLOOD | Sparks, NV | A FOOT OF WATER OVER PARTS OF SPARKS BLVD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 250154 FFWREV NVC031-250245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 650 PM PDT FRI JUN 24 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL WASHOE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA * UNTIL 745 PM PDT * AT 642 PM PDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED BY A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE IN THE SPARKS AND SPANISH SPRINGS AREA. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF RENO THROUGH 745 PM AS STORMS REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SPANISH SPRINGS AND SUN VALLEY. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOWING WATER. LAT...LON 3955 11982 3951 11969 3963 11964 3962 11979 $$ HOHMANN
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS75 KREV 250227 FFSREV FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 720 PM PDT FRI JUN 24 2005 NVC031-250245- WASHOE NV- 720 PM PDT FRI JUN 24 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM PDT FOR SOUTHERN WASHOE COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF RENO INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SUN VALLEY...SPARKS AND SPANISH SPRINGS. A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A FOOT OF WATER OVER PARTS OF SPARKS BOULEVARD. ALSO REPORTS AND GAUGES SHOW BETWEEN 1/2 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN BETWEEN 645 PM AND 715 PM. MOTORISTS AND RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD SEEK HIGH GROUND AND AVOID CROSSING WATER THAT IS OVERFLOWING ROADWAYS. LAT...LON 3955 11982 3951 11969 3963 11964 3962 11979 $$ HOHMANN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 5:21 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | REV | Storey, Washoe | 114 min |
| Jun 24, 6:35 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Washoe | 32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.