Alert archive / Nevada / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2007, 3:45 PM PDT for Mineral County, Nevada. It took effect at Jul 16, 2007, 3:52 PM PDT. It was in force for 3 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 16, 2007, 3:45 PM PDT (22:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 16, 2007, 3:52 PM PDT
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2007, 6:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 3 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 22:48 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 12:00Z, 10.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3078 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 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 162252 FFWREV NVC021-170130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 345 PM PDT MON JUL 16 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL MINERAL COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA... * UNTIL 630 PM PDT * AT 345 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING REPEATEDLY ALONG THE STEEP SLOPES OF THE WASSUK RANGE JUST WEST OF WALKER LAKE. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 230 PM PDT IN THE AREA JUST WEST OF US HIGHWAY 95. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THIS AREA. WALKER LAKE...ALONG WITH THE WALKER LAKE STATE RECREATION AREA ARE IN THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING. SECTIONS OF US HIGHWAY 95 ARE ALSO IN THIS WARNING. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3843 11889 3855 11873 3878 11872 3887 11888 $$ CS
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KREV 162349 FFSREV FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 442 PM PDT MON JUL 16 2007 NVC021-170130- MINERAL NV- 446 PM PDT MON JUL 16 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM PDT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINERAL COUNTY... AT 445 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER AN INCH IN STEEP TERRAIN WEST OF HIGHWAY 95 NEAR WALKER LAKE. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS DIMINISHED IN THIS AREA...THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCAL FLOODING AND RUNOFF ONTO HIGHWAY 95 WEST OF WALKER LAKE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WALKER LAKE...ALONG WITH THE WALKER LAKE STATE RECREATION AREA ARE IN THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. LAT...LON 3843 11889 3855 11873 3878 11872 3887 11888 $$ MJD
000 WGUS75 KREV 170123 FFSREV FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 621 PM PDT MON JUL 16 2007 NVC021-170141- MINERAL NV- 621 PM PDT MON JUL 16 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM PDT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINERAL COUNTY... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY THROUGH THIS EVENING...BUT THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED. NO FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 95 NEAR WALKER LAKE. LAT...LON 3843 11889 3855 11873 3878 11872 3887 11888 $$ MJD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 7:06 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | REV | Washoe | 8 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:58 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | REV | 24 hr | |
| Jul 16, 2:58 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | REV | Washoe | 30 hr |
| Jul 16, 4:19 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Lyon | 41 min |
| Jul 16, 4:36 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Lyon, Mineral | 39 min |
| Jul 16, 4:47 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | REV | Lyon | 2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.