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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2012, 2:52 PM PDT for White Pine 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
- Aug 13, 2012, 2:52 PM PDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2012, 5:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 235 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 409 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1993 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
446 WGUS55 KLKN 132152 FFWLKN NVC033-140045- /O.NEW.KLKN.FF.W.0006.120813T2152Z-120814T0045Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 252 PM PDT MON AUG 13 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL WHITE PINE COUNTY IN EASTERN NEVADA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RUTH...ELY AIRPORT...ELY... * UNTIL 545 PM PDT * AT 244 PM PDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOOD WATERS AND DEBRIS FLOWING IN SEVERAL STREETS IN ELY... INCLUDING LACKAWANNA DRIVE. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF INCLUDE...ELY AIRPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ELKO. && LAT...LON 3933 11465 3909 11474 3915 11512 3940 11504 $$ TURNER
2 follow-up statements
636 WGUS75 KLKN 132233 FFSLKN FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 333 PM PDT MON AUG 13 2012 NVC033-140045- /O.CON.KLKN.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120814T0045Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WHITE PINE NV- 333 PM PDT MON AUG 13 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM PDT FOR CENTRAL WHITE PINE COUNTY... AT 328 PM PDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. FLOOD WATERS CONTINUE TO AFFECT SEVERAL STREETS IN ELY AND SURROUNDING AREAS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RUTH...ELY AIRPORT AND ELY. DO NOT DRIVE IN WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! && LAT...LON 3933 11465 3909 11474 3915 11512 3940 11504 $$ TURNER
507 WGUS75 KLKN 140015 FFSLKN FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 515 PM PDT MON AUG 13 2012 NVC033-140045- /O.CON.KLKN.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120814T0045Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WHITE PINE NV- 515 PM PDT MON AUG 13 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM PDT FOR CENTRAL WHITE PINE COUNTY... AT 506 PM PDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH ALONG THE US HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR...ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF ELY. THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DROPPING ONE-TENTH TO ONE-QUARTER INCH OF RAINFALL IN THE NEXT 20 TO 30 MINUTES. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE FOR THE AREA. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RUTH...ELY AIRPORT AND ELY. && LAT...LON 3933 11465 3909 11474 3915 11512 3940 11504 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 9:27 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | LKN | Eureka, Lander, Nye, White Pine | 11 hr |
| Aug 13, 12:49 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Eureka | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:04 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 26 min | |
| Aug 13, 1:18 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 27 min | |
| Aug 13, 1:31 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 29 min | |
| Aug 13, 2:09 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Eureka | 4 min |
| Aug 13, 2:12 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | White Pine | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 3:02 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Nye | 97 min |
| Aug 13, 3:27 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Elko | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:54 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Elko | 3 hr |
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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.