Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Elko, NV

000 
WGUS75 KLKN 262034
FFSLKN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
125 PM PDT THU JUL 26 2007

NVC007-262045-
/O.CON.KLKN.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070726T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ELKO NV-
120 PM PDT THU JUL 26 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM PDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY...

AT 125 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 
AREA. RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT BETWEEN 0.75 AND 1.5 INCHES HAVE 
FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR IN AN AREA LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
JARBIDGE AND 5 MILES NORTH OF CHARLESTON. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JARBIDGE
AND CHARLESTON. 

AT 100 PM PDT...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED 
FLOODING ON THE CHARLESTON JARBIDGE ROAD WITH LARGE ROCKS THE SIZE 
OF BASKETBALLS REPORTED ON THE ROAD.

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 4198 11565 4171 11563 4159 11559 4164 11520
      4198 11516

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HARMER

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
230 AM PDT THU JUL 26 2007

.SYNOPSIS...MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN ACROSS CENTRAL AND
EASTERN NEVADA THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK FOR A THREAT OF
THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY.
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.SHORT TERM...A DRIER SWLY FLOW ALOFT IS BEGINNING TO ADVECT INTO
THE REGION. HOWEVER THERE WILL STILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY ACROSS ALL BUT THE WRN HALF OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY TODAY FOR
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED TSTMS. HOWEVER WITH PW VALUES FALLING BELOW AN
INCH THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE DIMINISHED...ESPECIALLY OVER
THE WRN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA.  ON FRIDAY THIS DRIER AIR WILL
WORK A LITTLE FURTHER EAST ACROSS NRN NV AND KEEP THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY MOSTLY CONFINED TO ERN ELKO COUNTY AND ACROSS CNTRL NV. PW
VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE WITH VALUES GENERALLY RANGING
BETWEEN 0.50 AND 0.75 INCHES. CEC

.LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...LONG RANGE
MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH PERSISTENT PATTERN OVER THE NEXT WEEK.
MODELS SHOW POSITION OF UPPERLEVEL HIGH A BIT FURTHER SOUTH COMPARED
TO PREV. MODEL RUNS...JUST SOUTH OF THE FOUR CORNERS REGION OF THE
UNITED STATES...WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW REMAINING OVER THE
ERN HALF OF THE GREAT BASIN REGION. LOW TO MIDLEVEL SUBTROPICAL
MOISTURE EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER MOST OF THE ERN CWFA THROUGH NEXT
WEEKEND...WITH SOME DRYING ACROSS WRN NV. DAYTIME TEMPS EXPECTED TO
BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH MILD OVERNIGHT
LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S AND 60S. KEPT THE CHC OF TSTORMS IN THE
FORECAST EACH AFTERNOON WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND
NRN LANDER/EUREKA COUNTY...WHICH WILL LIKELY BE THE DRIEST DUE TO A
GREATER WESTERLY WIND COMPONENT IN THE LOW TO MIDLEVELS. ANOTHER
STRONG MONSOON PUSH POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK WITH PW/S
INCREASING TO OVER 1 INCH ONCE AGAIN. INCREASED POPS ON TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY...WITH WEAK UPPERLEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS ERN NV BY
WEDNESDAY.  TT
&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH 9AM THURS MORNING. AFTERNOON
SHOWERS AND TSTORMS POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN AT KEKO AND KELY. OTHER THAN
SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING IN TSTORMS...NO MAJOR
CONCERNS ATTM.
&&

.FIRE WEATHER...DRIER AIR MOVING IN FROM THE WEST TODAY WILL
ELIMINATE THE THREAT OF TSTMS FROM THE WRN PORTION OF ZONE 451.
ELSEWHERE STILL EXPECTING WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED TSTMS BUT
THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE DIMINISHED...ESPECIALLY OVER THE
WRN HALF OF THE FIRE DISTRICT...AS PW VALUES DROP BELOW ONE INCH.
FURTHER DRYING FROM THE WEST WILL TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY WITH THE
THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY CONFINED TO CNTRL NV AND ERN ELKO
COUNTY IN NRN NV. PW VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO DROP RANGING BETWEEN
0.50 TO 0.75 INCHES. SOME TSTMS WILL BE DRY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WRN
PORTION OF THE THREAT AREA. THE THREAT OF TSTMS WILL CONTINUE INTO
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK OVER CNTRL AND ERN NV. TSTMS WILL BE MOSTLY
DRY OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK THEN WETTEN UP AGAIN AROUND
TUE AS ANOTHER SURGE OF MONSOON MOISTURE WORKS IT WAY NWD INTO ERN
NV.  CEC &&

.LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1106 AM PDT THU JUL 26 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 AM     HEAVY RAIN       16 WSW CRESCENT VALLEY  40.35N 116.86W
07/26/2007  E1.80 INCH       LANDER             NV   OTHER FEDERAL

            LEWIS PEAK SNOTEL...12-HOUR RAINFALL

&&

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