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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 21, 2012, 1:06 PM PDT for Eureka County, White Pine County, Nevada. It was in force for 114 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
- Aug 21, 2012, 1:06 PM PDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2012, 3:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 114 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Eureka County, NV, White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 3870 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
052 WGUS55 KLKN 212006 FFWLKN NVC011-033-212200- /O.NEW.KLKN.FF.W.0009.120821T2006Z-120821T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 106 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL WHITE PINE COUNTY IN EASTERN NEVADA... SOUTHEASTERN EUREKA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PINTO SUMMIT...EUREKA AIRPORT... EUREKA... * UNTIL 300 PM PDT * AT 1259 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF INCLUDE...PINTO SUMMIT...EUREKA AND EUREKA AIRPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ELKO. && LAT...LON 3985 11588 3945 11545 3928 11600 3943 11614 $$ LW
2 follow-up statements
409 WGUS75 KLKN 212117 FFSLKN FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 217 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 NVC011-033-212200- /O.CON.KLKN.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120821T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WHITE PINE NV-EUREKA NV- 217 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM PDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN EUREKA AND WEST CENTRAL WHITE PINE COUNTIES... AT 209 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EUREKA AIRPORT THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SUBSTANTIAL RAINFALL OVER SOUTHEAST EUREKA COUNTYA AND WESTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY. SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG ROADWAYS AS WELL AS SOME CANYONS BETWEEN EUREKA AND PINTO SUMMIT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. && LAT...LON 3985 11588 3945 11545 3928 11600 3943 11614 $$ LW
309 WGUS75 KLKN 212154 FFSLKN FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 254 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 NVC011-033-212202- /O.EXP.KLKN.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120821T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WHITE PINE NV-EUREKA NV- 254 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 300 PM PDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN EUREKA AND WEST CENTRAL WHITE PINE COUNTIES... STORMS ARE STILL PRODUCING SUBSTANTIAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA. HOWEVER THE STORM THAT BROUGHT FLASH FLOODING BETWEEN EUREKA AND PINTO SUMMIT HAS DISSIPATED. && LAT...LON 3985 11588 3945 11545 3928 11600 3943 11614 $$ LW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2:26 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | LKN | Elko, Nye, White Pine | 41 hr |
| Aug 21, 11:59 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Eureka, White Pine | 46 min |
| Aug 21, 12:40 PM PDT | Tornado Warning | LKN | Eureka, White Pine | 35 min |
| Aug 21, 1:07 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Eureka, White Pine | 23 min |
| Aug 21, 1:18 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Lander, Nye | 42 min |
| Aug 21, 1:32 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | White Pine | 43 min |
| Aug 21, 1:41 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 49 min | |
| Aug 21, 2:26 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | White Pine | 34 min |
| Aug 21, 2:38 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Lander, Nye | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:34 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 41 min | |
| Aug 21, 3:36 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Eureka, White Pine | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:18 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Lander, White Pine | 57 min |
| Aug 21, 4:38 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Eureka, Nye, White Pine | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:53 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Eureka, Lander, Nye | 3 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.