Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Elko, NV

000 
WGUS75 KLKN 102021
FFSLKN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
121 PM PDT WED SEP 10 2008

NVC023-102045-
/O.CON.KLKN.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080910T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NYE NV-
121 PM PDT WED SEP 10 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM PDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL NYE COUNTY...

AT 115 PM PDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS STILL OCCURRING IN THE TOWN OF 
TONOPAH. THE STORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR 
TONOPAH...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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 3816 11734 3816 11711 3805 11711 3805 11719
      3803 11721 3803 11722 3807 11725 3813 11734

$$

JM

000 
WGUS75 KLKN 102042
FFSLKN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
142 PM PDT WED SEP 10 2008

NVC023-102050-
/O.EXP.KLKN.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080910T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NYE NV-
142 PM PDT WED SEP 10 2008

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 145 PM PDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
NYE COUNTY...

THE THUNDERSTORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECENT HEAVY RAIN IN THE TOWN OF 
TONOPAH HAS PUSHED SOUTH...BRINGING AND END TO THE HEAVIEST RAIN. 
THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3816 11734 3816 11711 3805 11711 3805 11719
      3803 11721 3803 11722 3807 11725 3813 11734

$$

JM

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
200 AM PDT WED SEP 10 2008

.SYNOPSIS...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER CALIFORNIA WILL CONTINUE TO
CHANNEL MONSOON MOISTURE INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEVADA TODAY...
BRINGING THE POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION BY THE WEEKEND FOR DRY CONDITIONS AND A
WARMING TREND. &&

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE MONSOON FLOW OF
MOISTURE CONTINUES THIS MORNING INTO CENTRAL NEVADA WITH DENSE VEIL
OF MID-LEVEL CLOUDS SPREADING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CWFA. THE
ATMOSPHERE REMAINS UNSTABLE AT THIS HOUR AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT.

THE TROPICAL SYSTEM EXPECTED TO LANDFALL IN TEXAS OVER THE WEEKEND
MAY AFFECT MODEL RESOLUTION FOR THE WEST. HOWEVER PRESENTLY...THERE
IS EXCELLENT CONSENSUS BETWEEN THE MODELS THROUGH TUESDAY. SOME
GOOD RAINSTORMS RESULTED FROM LAST EVENING SHOWERS AROUND TONOPAH
PROMPTING ISSUANCE OF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING...SO WETTING STORMS ARE
EXPECTED FROM THIS SYSTEM AT LEAST IN CENTRAL NEVADA WHERE
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ARE IN EXCESS OF 0.7 INCHES THIS EVENING.
THE FURTHER NORTH THE DRIER THE STORMS WILL BE AND THE UPPER LOW
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MONSOON FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BREAK SOUTH AWAY
FROM THE REGION. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS EVENING. A SECONDARY LOW WILL PASS OVER NE NEVADA BY
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO BRING SHOT OF COOLER AIR TO EASTERN
NEVADA. THIS WILL DRIVE TEMPERATURES DOWN TO BELOW NORMAL FOR DAYTIME
THURSDAY. DRY AND STABLE AIRMASS MOVES OVER ENTIRE CWA THURSDAY AS
UPPER LOW KICKS EAST AND RIDGE BUILDS ALONG WEST COAST. LW
&&

.LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL
ONCE AGAIN DOMINATE THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD. WITH THE PASSAGE
OF A WEAK COLD FRONT THIS WEEK...TEMPERATURES WILL BE RIGHT AROUND
SEASONABLE NORMS INTO NEXT WEEK. SATURDAY MORNING LOOKS TO BE THE
COOLEST NIGHT AS THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BUILD STRONG ENOUGH TO
SHUT DOWN ANY UPPER LEVEL FLOW. THIS WILL ALLOW RADIATIONAL
COOLING TO BE MAXIMIZED AND LOW TEMPS WILL DROP INTO THE 30S ACROSS
MOST OF THE CWA...WITH SOME LOCAL AREA POSSIBLY DROPPING BELOW
FREEZING. TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO REBOUND SLOWLY THROUGH THE BEGINNING
OF THE WEEK. SI
&&

.AVIATION...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS SUBSIDED AND NOT EXPECTED TO
RETURN IN THE MORNING EXCEPT SOME ISOLATED STORMS POSSIBLY OVER WHITE
PINE AND EASTERN NORTHERN NYE COUNTIES. LINGERING SHOWERS WILL SLOWLY
DIE OUT THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW FROM THE NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST.
EXPECTING GENERALLY HIGH CEILINGS ALLOWING FOR MOSTLY VFR
CONDITIONS. HOWEVER...PILOTS SHOULD STILL BE AWARE OF SUDDEN
DOWN BURSTS AND LLWS IN AREAS WHERE THERE IN ANY CONVECTIVE
ACTIVITY...NOT NECESSARILY JUST THUNDERSTORMS. CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO IMPROVE THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT.
&&

.FIRE WEATHER...MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND EXTREME EASTERN NV
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL BRING
IN A DRIER AND STABLE AIRMASS TO WESTERN NV OVERNIGHT PUSHING
ACROSS THE ENTIRE BY THURSDAY. WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BECOME
LOCALLY GUSTY TO 25 TO 30 MPH. WETTING RAINS ARE MOST LIKELY TO
OCCUR SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 IN CENTRAL NEVADA. RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES WILL REMAIN LOW WHERE NO WETTING RAINS ARE EXPECTED. DRIER
AIRMASS PUSH ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA ON THURSDAY. LW &&

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