Alert archive / Nevada / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2012, 1:58 PM PDT for Mineral County, Nevada. It was in force for 2 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 13, 2012, 1:58 PM PDT (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2012, 4:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mineral County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 3157 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
765 WGUS55 KREV 132058 FFWREV NVC021-132300- /O.NEW.KREV.FF.W.0001.120713T2058Z-120713T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 158 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MINERAL COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA... * UNTIL 400 PM PDT * AT 145 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR GARFIELD FLAT OR 10 MILES WEST OF MINA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR GARFIELD FLAT BETWEEN THE GARFIELD HILLS AND EXCELSIOR MOUNTAINS OVER THE LAST 90 MINUTES. THIS STORM IS NEARLY STATIONARY AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS RANCHLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. LAT...LON 3848 11856 3851 11826 3834 11820 3830 11854 $$ MYRICK
2 follow-up statements
950 WGUS75 KREV 132159 FFSREV FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 259 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012 NVC021-132300- /O.CON.KREV.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120713T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MINERAL NV- 259 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM PDT FOR CENTRAL MINERAL COUNTY... AT 250 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING NEAR GARFIELD FLAT OR 10 MILES WEST OF MINA. BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES...1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR GARFIELD FLAT BETWEEN THE GARFIELD HILLS AND EXCELSIOR MOUNTAINS TO THE WEST OF MINA. THE STORM THAT PRODUCED THIS HEAVY RAINFALL HAS WEAKENED, BUT THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING STILL EXISTS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS RANCHLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. LAT...LON 3848 11856 3851 11826 3834 11820 3830 11854 $$ MYRICK
180 WGUS75 KREV 132253 FFSREV FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 353 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012 NVC021-132301- /O.EXP.KREV.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120713T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MINERAL NV- 353 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM PDT FOR CENTRAL MINERAL COUNTY... THE STRONGER STORMS THAT EARLIER PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...WITH A DIMINISHING FLOOD THREAT. REMEMBER THAT MINOR FLOODING OF LOW SPOTS MAY CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MINERAL COUNTY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. LAT...LON 3848 11856 3851 11826 3834 11820 3830 11854 $$ MYRICK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2:21 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Mineral | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 2:26 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Pershing | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 3:02 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Pershing | 58 min |
| Jul 13, 4:10 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Churchill | 65 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.