Alert archive / Nevada / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this flash flood warning at Sep 11, 2011, 6:36 PM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. It was in force for 116 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
- Sep 11, 2011, 6:36 PM PDT (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2011, 8:32 PM PDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Elko County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 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
Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
602 WGUS55 KLKN 120136 FFWLKN NVC007-120430- /O.NEW.KLKN.FF.W.0013.110912T0136Z-110912T0430Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 636 PM PDT SUN SEP 11 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEVADA... * UNTIL 930 PM PDT * AT 624 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNING AREA...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF INCLUDE...MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY...ALONG THE UPPER REACHES OF THE BRUNEAU RIVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...BRUNEAU RIVER...WEST FORK SEVENTYSIX CREEK...DEER CREEK...COPPER CREEK...MEADOW CREEK...COUGAR CREEK...DORSEY CREEK...LITTLE COTTONWOOD CREEK AND COTTONWOOD CREEK. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS. && LAT...LON 4200 11573 4199 11559 4172 11548 4171 11559 $$ DD
1 follow-up statement
730 WGUS75 KLKN 120332 FFSLKN FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 832 PM PDT SUN SEP 11 2011 NVC007-120341- /O.CAN.KLKN.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110912T0430Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ELKO NV- 832 PM PDT SUN SEP 11 2011 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY... RAINFALL HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNING AREA...THUS ENDING THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. && LAT...LON 4200 11573 4199 11559 4172 11548 4171 11559 $$ DD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 1:30 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Elko | 30 min |
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.