Alert archive / Nevada / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this flash flood warning at Dec 30, 2005, 4:55 PM PST. It was in force for 15 hr. 6 reports 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
- Dec 30, 2005, 4:55 PM PST (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2005, 8:00 AM PST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 6:57 PM PST | HEAVY RAIN 1.31 | 2 S Carson City, NV | TOTAL SINCE RAIN BEGAN THIS MORNING. WATER CURRENTLY RUNNING DOWN STREETS. |
| Dec 30, 7:25 PM PST | HEAVY RAIN 1.56 | 2 E Carson City, NV | RAIN TOTAL SINCE 130 PM FRIDAY. ASH CANYON IN CARSON BURN AREA HAS MUDDY WATER RUNNING OFF SLOPES ONTO ROADWAYS. VICEE STILL HAD CLEAR WATER AS OF A COUPLE HOURS AGO. |
| Dec 30, 7:45 PM PST | FLOOD | Carson City, NV | CARSON CITY PUBLIC WORKS REPORTS JUST GENERAL LOCAL URBAN FLOODING. NO MAJOR FLOODING OR ANY PROBLEMS FROM THE BURN AREA THROUGH 830 PM. |
| Dec 30, 9:52 PM PST | FLOOD | Carson City, NV | A LOT OF MUD AND WATER ON URBAN ROADS. NOT MUCH FLOW OUT OF THE HILLS YET IN BURN AREA. SANDBAGGING HOUSES JUST FROM HEAVY RAIN. KINGS CREEK FLOWING SIGNIFICANTLY BUT STILL WITHIN ITS BANKS. ASH CREEK FLOWING SIGNIFICANTLY ALSO, BUT STILL WITHIN BANKS IN THE V |
| Dec 31, 7:06 AM PST | FLASH FLOOD | Carson City, NV | 8 INCHES OF WATER RUNNING DOWN TELEGRAPH STREET. RAINFALL TOTAL OF 2.30 INCHES SINCE YESTERDAY. |
| Dec 31, 8:09 AM PST | HEAVY RAIN 2.25 | N Carson City, NV | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1078 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 390 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 310057 FFWREV NVC510-311600- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 455 PM PST FRI DEC 30 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CARSON CITY IN WESTERN NEVADA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CARSON CITY * UNTIL 0800 AM PST SATURDAY * AT 455 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA WITH SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWING THREE QUARTERS OF INCH OF RAIN IN THE PAST THREE HOURS. * THE SYSTEM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. STAY AWAY FROM ASH...VICEE AND KINGS CANYONS AS THESE AREAS ARE MOST PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING. DUE TO THE DESTRUCTIVE NATURE OF THE WATERFALL FIRE...FLASH FLOODING MAY BRING A RIVER OF MUD...ASH... BOULDERS AND BURNED TREES DOWN THE CANYONS AND INTO WESTERN CARSON CITY. IF YOU ARE IN A LOW LYING AREA OF WESTERN CARSON CITY...SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ALL NIGHT WITH THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. LAT...LON 3917 11983 3913 11982 3912 11965 3921 11969 $$ RM
4 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KREV 310305 FFSREV FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 710 PM PST FRI DEC 30 2005 NVC510-311600- CARSON CITY NV- 710 PM PST FRI DEC 30 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 AM PST FOR CENTRAL CARSON CITY COUNTY... AT 700 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE HEAVY RAIN MOVING OVER CARSON CITY COUNTY AND THE WATERFALL BURN AREA. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS ARE SHOWING UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THE LAST THREE HOURS. MINOR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CARSON CITY THIS EVENING. THE SYSTEM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. STAY AWAY FROM ASH...VICEE AND KINGS CANYONS AS THESE AREAS ARE MOST PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING. DUE TO THE DESTRUCTIVE NATURE OF THE WATERFALL FIRE...FLASH FLOODING MAY BRING A RIVER OF MUD...ASH...BOULDERS AND BURNED TREES DOWN THE CANYONS AND INTO WESTERN CARSON CITY. IF YOU ARE IN A LOW LYING AREA OF WESTERN CARSON CITY...SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ALL NIGHT WITH THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. LAT...LON 3917 11983 3913 11982 3912 11965 3921 11969 $$ BENINATO
000 WGUS75 KREV 310518 FFSREV FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 903 PM PST FRI DEC 30 2005 NVC510-311600- CARSON CITY NV- 903 PM PST FRI DEC 30 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 AM PST FOR CENTRAL CARSON CITY COUNTY... AT 902 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE HEAVY RAIN MOVING OVER CARSON CITY COUNTY AND THE WATERFALL BURN AREA. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS ARE SHOWING THAT FROM ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THE LAST THREE HOURS. MINOR URBAN FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CARSON CITY THIS EVENING. VICEE CANYON CREEK WITHIN THE BURN AREA AND UPSTREAM FROM CARSON CITY CONTINUES TO RISE AND MAY ADD TO FLOOD CONCERNS TONIGHT. THE SYSTEM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH FLASH FLOODING STILL EXPECTED TO OCCUR. STAY AWAY FROM ASH...VICEE AND KINGS CANYONS AS THESE AREAS ARE MOST PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING. DUE TO THE DESTRUCTIVE NATURE OF THE WATERFALL FIRE...FLASH FLOODING MAY BRING A RIVER OF MUD...ASH... BOULDERS AND BURNED TREES DOWN THE CANYONS AND INTO WESTERN CARSON CITY. IF YOU ARE IN A LOW LYING AREA OF WESTERN CARSON CITY...IF FLASH FLOODING OCCURS...SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ALL NIGHT WITH THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. LAT...LON 3917 11983 3913 11982 3912 11965 3921 11969 $$ BENINATO/OHARA
000 WGUS75 KREV 310719 FFSREV FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 1117 PM PST FRI DEC 30 2005 NVC510-311600- CARSON CITY NV- 1117 PM PST FRI DEC 30 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 AM PST FOR CENTRAL CARSON CITY COUNTY... AT 1114 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE HEAVY RAIN MOVING OVER CARSON CITY COUNTY AND THE WATERFALL BURN AREA. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS ARE SHOWING THAT FROM ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THE LAST THREE HOURS. MINOR URBAN FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CARSON CITY THIS EVENING. VICEE CANYON CREEK WITHIN THE BURN AREA AND UPSTREAM FROM CARSON CITY CONTINUES TO RISE AND MAY ADD TO FLOOD CONCERNS OVERNIGHT. THE SYSTEM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH FLASH FLOODING STILL EXPECTED TO OCCUR. STAY AWAY FROM ASH...VICEE AND KINGS CANYONS AS THESE AREAS ARE MOST PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING. DUE TO THE DESTRUCTIVE NATURE OF THE WATERFALL FIRE...FLASH FLOODING MAY BRING A RIVER OF MUD...ASH... BOULDERS AND BURNED TREES DOWN THE CANYONS AND INTO WESTERN CARSON CITY. IF YOU ARE IN A LOW LYING AREA OF WESTERN CARSON CITY...AND IF FLASH FLOODING OCCURS...SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ALL NIGHT WITH THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CARSON CITY. LAT...LON 3917 11983 3913 11982 3912 11965 3921 11969 $$ BENINATO/OHARA
000 WGUS75 KREV 311043 FFSREV FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 237 AM PST SAT DEC 31 2005 NVC510-311600- CARSON CITY NV- 237 AM PST SAT DEC 31 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 AM PST FOR CENTRAL CARSON CITY COUNTY... AT 230 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE HEAVY RAIN MOVING OVER CARSON CITY COUNTY AND THE WATERFALL BURN AREA. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT FROM ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THE LAST THREE HOURS...WITH OVER ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST TWELVE HOURS. MODERATE WIDESPREAD URBAN FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CARSON CITY THIS MORNING. VICEE CANYON CREEK WITHIN THE BURN AREA AND UPSTREAM FROM CARSON CITY CONTINUES TO RISE AND MAY BE OVERFLOWING ITS BANKS. CARSON CITY DISPATCH HAS REPORTED WATER...MUD AND SMALL DEBRIS FLOWING OVER ROADS SINCE LAST NIGHT. THE SYSTEM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH FLASH FLOODING STILL EXPECTED TO OCCUR. STAY AWAY FROM ASH...VICEE AND KINGS CANYONS AS THESE AREAS ARE MOST PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING. DUE TO THE DESTRUCTIVE NATURE OF THE WATERFALL FIRE...FLASH FLOODING MAY BRING A RIVER OF MUD...ASH... BOULDERS AND BURNED TREES DOWN THE CANYONS AND INTO WESTERN CARSON CITY. IF YOU ARE IN A LOW LYING AREA OF WESTERN CARSON CITY...AND IF FLASH FLOODING OCCURS...SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ALL NIGHT WITH THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CARSON CITY. LAT...LON 3917 11983 3913 11982 3912 11965 3921 11969 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 7:55 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | REV | 4 hr | |
| Dec 31, 9:21 AM PST | Snow Advisory | REV | Douglas, Lyon, Storey, Washoe | 7 hr |
| Dec 31, 11:40 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | REV | 4 hr | |
| Dec 31, 12:34 PM PST | High Wind Warning | REV | Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey and 1 more | 5 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.