Alert archive / Nevada / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 11, 2007, 6:51 PM PDT for Mineral County, Nevada. It took effect at Jul 11, 2007, 6:58 PM PDT. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 2007, 6:51 PM PDT (01:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 11, 2007, 6:58 PM PDT
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2007, 9:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mineral County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:53 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3123 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 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 120158 FFWREV NVC021-120400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 651 PM PDT WED JUL 11 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN MINERAL COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA... * UNTIL 900 PM PDT * AT 645 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM REMAINS OVER HIGHWAY 359 BETWEEN THE CALIFORNIA STATE LINE AND ANCHORITE PASS. * THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN STATIONARY UNTIL IT DISSIPATES BY 8 PM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITH THIS STORM SINCE 530 PM. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL CAUSE LARGE ROCK AND MUD SLIDES ALONG HIGHWAY 359 AND FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. IF YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL ON HIGHWAY 359 BETWEEN HAWTHORNE AND THE CALIFORNIA STATELINE...USE EXTREME CAUTION. THE ROAD MAY BE COVERED BY WATER...ROCK SLIDES...OR MAY BE WASHED OUT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. IF YOU SEE SIGNS OF FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 359 REPORT THE FLOODING IMMEDIATELY TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN RENO. LAT...LON 3820 11884 3809 11869 3820 11852 3832 11869 $$ BRONG
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS75 KREV 120357 FFSREV FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 857 PM PDT WED JUL 11 2007 NVC021-120403- MINERAL NV- 857 PM PDT WED JUL 11 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM PDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN MINERAL COUNTY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED OVER THE WARNING AREA. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELLING ALONG HIGHWAY 359 IN MINERAL COUNTY TONIGHT AS FLASH FLOODING MAY HAVE PRODUCED ROCK AND MUD SLIDES...OR CAUSED OTHER DAMAGE TO THE ROADWAY. DO NOT ATTEMP TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. LAT...LON 3820 11884 3809 11869 3820 11852 3832 11869 $$ RC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 5:12 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | REV | Douglas | 93 min |
| Jul 11, 5:37 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | REV | Mineral | 83 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.