Alert archive / Nevada / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2012, 1:01 PM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 2012, 1:01 PM PDT (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2012, 3:52 PM PDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Elko County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
773 WGUS55 KLKN 152001 FFWLKN NVC007-160000- /O.NEW.KLKN.FF.W.0002.120715T2001Z-120716T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 101 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEVADA... THIS INCLUDES THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AROUND LAMOILLE CANYON... THIS INCLUDES LAMOILLE CREEK... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RUBY VALLEY... * UNTIL 500 PM PDT * AT 1254 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE RUBY MOUNTAINS NEAR THE TOP OF LAMOILLE CANYON. THIS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING ON LAMOILLE CREEK AND IN THE CAMPGROUNDS IN THE AREA. GET TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF WATER COVERS A ROAD OR THE ROAD IS CLOSED...TURN AROUND. DON'T DROWN! && LAT...LON 4081 11541 4081 11517 4063 11517 4063 11541 $$ BB
3 follow-up statements
089 WGUS75 KLKN 152042 FFSLKN FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 142 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 NVC007-160000- /O.CON.KLKN.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120716T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ELKO NV- 142 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM PDT FOR CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY... AT 133 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NORTHERN RUBY MOUNTAINS. THE STORM HAS DRIFTED NORTH OF LAMOILLE CANYON. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WILL LIKELY FALL IN THE FOLLOWING DRAINAGES... THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...TALBOT CREEK...ROBINSON CREEK...SMITH CREEK...WILSON CREEK...SOLDIER CREEK...MIDDLE FORK...COLD CREEK...THORPE CREEK... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE DOING ANY KIND OF ACTIVITIES NEAR THE NORTHERN RUBIES...YOU NEED TO TAKE ACTION NOW TO GET TO HIGHER GROUND OR AWAY FROM THE MOUNTAINS. THE RAINS WILL FALL UP HIGH AND RAPIDLY FLOW DOWNSTREAM OR DOWNHILL. THIS IS POTENTIALLY A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU COME TO A FLOODED OR CLOSED ROAD...TURN AROUND. DON'T DROWN! && LAT...LON 4081 11541 4081 11517 4063 11517 4063 11541 $$ BB
018 WGUS75 KLKN 152201 FFSLKN FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 301 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 NVC007-160000- /O.CON.KLKN.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120716T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ELKO NV- 301 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM PDT FOR CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY... AT 257 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT STORMS HAD TEMPORARILY MOVED AWAY FROM LAMOILLE CANYON AND THE NORTHERN RUBY MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER...ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS WAS MOVING FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE AREA BY ABOUT 4 PM. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RUBY VALLEY AND LAMOILLE CANYON. STREAMS FLOWING OUT OF THE NORTHERN RUBY MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY ALSO BE AFFECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. IF YOU ARE DRIVING AND COME TO A FLOODED OR CLOSED ROAD...TURN AROUND. DON'T DROWN! && LAT...LON 4081 11541 4081 11517 4063 11517 4063 11541 $$ BB
799 WGUS75 KLKN 152252 FFSLKN FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 352 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 NVC007-152301- /O.CAN.KLKN.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120716T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ELKO NV- 352 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS OVER THE RUBY MOUNTAINS HAVE DECREASED AND ONLY LIGHT SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED NOW. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. && LAT...LON 4081 11541 4081 11517 4063 11517 4063 11541 $$ BB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 5:03 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Elko, White Pine | 17 min |
| Jul 14, 5:11 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 34 min | |
| Jul 14, 6:10 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Elko | 35 min |
| Jul 15, 12:47 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Eureka, Lander, Nye | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 12:48 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 27 min | |
| Jul 15, 2:17 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Elko | 28 min |
| Jul 15, 2:22 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Eureka | 23 min |
| Jul 15, 2:47 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 28 min | |
| Jul 15, 2:55 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Elko | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:11 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 34 min | |
| Jul 15, 3:32 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 28 min | |
| Jul 15, 3:35 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 25 min | |
| Jul 15, 3:46 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 29 min | |
| Jul 15, 4:31 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 29 min | |
| Jul 15, 4:45 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 30 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.