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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Elko, NV

August 31, 20135 counties in Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this flash flood watch at Aug 31, 2013, 2:38 AM PDT for 5 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Sep 1, 2013, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 31, 2013, 2:38 AM PDT (09:38 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 1, 2013, 11:00 AM PDT
Expired
Sep 5, 2013, 6:11 PM PDT
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV
Flood severity
None

Counties Elko County, NV, Eureka County, NV, Lander County, NV, Nye County, NV, White Pine County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:36 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Aug 30, 11:03 PM PDT, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 11:03 PM PDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 9:12 AM PDTFlash Flood WatchLKNNye, White Pine10 hr
Aug 31, 1:47 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNNye28 min
Aug 31, 1:58 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNNye32 min
Aug 31, 2:46 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN29 min
Aug 31, 2:57 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLKNNye3 hr
Aug 31, 3:01 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNEureka44 min
Aug 31, 3:41 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNEureka49 min
Aug 31, 3:43 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLKNNye, White Pine5 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Nevada, 2013Every flash flood watch in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.