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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this flash flood warning at Sep 21, 2014, 3:22 PM PDT for Eureka County, Lander 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
- Sep 21, 2014, 3:22 PM PDT (22:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2014, 6:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Eureka County, NV, Lander County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 1972 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
542 WGUS55 KLKN 212222 FFWLKN NVC011-015-220115- /O.NEW.KLKN.FF.W.0039.140921T2222Z-140922T0115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 322 PM PDT SUN SEP 21 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL EUREKA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GRASS VALLEY... EAST CENTRAL LANDER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA... * UNTIL 615 PM PDT * AT 315 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF GRASS VALLEY NEAR MOUNT CALLAGHAN. RADAR ESTIMATES MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM THIS STORM IN THE PAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE RAINFALL ARE LIKELY AND WILL EXACERBATE RUNOFF AND FLOODING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF INCLUDE...GRASS VALLEY... 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. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. && LAT...LON 3990 11703 4009 11646 3979 11647 3959 11699 $$ TURNER
1 follow-up statement
867 WGUS75 KLKN 220015 FFSLKN FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 515 PM PDT SUN SEP 21 2014 NVC011-015-220024- /O.CAN.KLKN.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140922T0115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EUREKA NV-LANDER NV- 515 PM PDT SUN SEP 21 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL LANDER AND WEST CENTRAL EUREKA COUNTIES... RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED...AND RUNOFF HAS DIMINISHED. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED. && LAT...LON 3990 11703 4009 11646 3979 11647 3959 11699 $$ TURNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 5:13 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Eureka | 47 min |
| Sep 20, 5:21 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Eureka, Lander, Nye | 28 min |
| Sep 20, 5:22 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 53 min | |
| Sep 20, 5:30 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 45 min | |
| Sep 20, 5:34 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 56 min | |
| Sep 20, 6:06 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Elko | 3 hr |
| Sep 20, 6:37 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 23 min | |
| Sep 20, 10:11 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Eureka, Lander | 6 hr |
| Sep 20, 10:20 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Nye | 6 hr |
| Sep 21, 2:43 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | White Pine | 6 hr |
| Sep 21, 4:16 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Eureka, Lander | 4 hr |
| Sep 21, 12:52 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Eureka, Lander, Nye | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 1:47 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Eureka | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 1:59 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Lander | 46 min |
| Sep 21, 2:10 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Lander | 20 min |
| Sep 21, 2:19 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Eureka, Nye, White Pine | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 2:32 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 43 min | |
| Sep 21, 2:41 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Eureka | 49 min |
| Sep 21, 2:52 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Lander | 38 min |
| Sep 21, 2:58 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Eureka | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:13 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Eureka, Nye, White Pine | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:37 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Nye, White Pine | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:47 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Elko, Eureka, White Pine | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:52 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 38 min | |
| Sep 21, 3:54 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Eureka, Lander | 25 min |
| Sep 21, 4:23 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 37 min | |
| Sep 21, 4:40 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Eureka, Lander | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 4:58 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 32 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.