Alert archive / Nevada / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2006, 6:57 PM PDT for Lyon County, Nevada. It was in force for 93 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
- Jul 9, 2006, 6:57 PM PDT (01:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2006, 8:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 93 min
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lyon County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3524 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 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 100202 FFWREV NVC019-100330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 657 PM PDT SUN JUL 9 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL LYON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA * UNTIL 830 PM PDT * AT 654 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR ALTERNATE HIGHWAY 95 JUST SOUTH OF WABUSKA AND JUST NORTH OF YERINGTON. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OUT OF THIS STORM IN THE PAST HOUR. DO NOT TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS AND STAY AWAY FROM WASHES OR CREEKS. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY IF YOU NOTICE WATER RISING WITHIN THE WARNED AREA. * THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. LAT...LON 3900 11926 3901 11910 3913 11911 3911 11926 $$ MILNE
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KREV 100242 FFSREV FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 737 PM PDT SUN JUL 9 2006 NVC019-100330- LYON NV- 737 PM PDT SUN JUL 9 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM PDT FOR CENTRAL LYON COUNTY... AT 732 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING JUST SOUTH OF WABUSKA AND JUST NORTH OF YERINGTON OVER ALTERNATE HIGHWAY 395. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS OVER THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED...EXCESSIVE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS. ALTHOUGH...SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR IN YERINGTON. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. LAT...LON 3900 11926 3901 11910 3913 11911 3911 11926 $$ RM
000 WGUS75 KREV 100331 FFSREV FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 826 PM PDT SUN JUL 9 2006 NVC019-100336- LYON NV- 826 PM PDT SUN JUL 9 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM PDT FOR CENTRAL LYON COUNTY... THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM THAT BROUGHT HEAVY RAIN TO CENTRAL LYON COUNTY THIS EVENING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED SOUTH. ALTHOUGH THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...MOTORISTS AND PERSONS SOUTH OF WABUSKA AND NORTH OF YERINGTON...NEAR ALTERNATIVE HIGHWAY 395...SHOULD USE CAUTION AS SOME LOW LYING AREAS MAY STILL BE FLOODED. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS AS THE WATER MAY BE MUCH DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. LAT...LON 3900 11926 3901 11910 3913 11911 3911 11926 $$ RM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 6:27 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Lyon | 63 min |
| Jul 9, 9:14 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | REV | Washoe | 17 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:00 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | REV | Washoe | 31 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Nevada, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006
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.