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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2014, 4:05 PM PDT for Storey County, Washoe 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
- Jul 8, 2014, 4:05 PM PDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2014, 7:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 2783 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
180 WGUS55 KREV 082305 FFWREV NVC029-031-090200- /O.NEW.KREV.FF.W.0002.140708T2305Z-140709T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 405 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL STOREY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA... SOUTH CENTRAL WASHOE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA... * UNTIL 700 PM PDT * AT 400 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 NEAR U.S.A. PARKWAY. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OF 3 INCH OR MORE IN 1 HOUR. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DERBY DAM AND TAHOE-RENO INDUSTRIAL CENTER * THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEVADA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 28 AND 35. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. PEOPLE IN FLOOD PRONE AND LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFT FLOWING WATER BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. && LAT...LON 3957 11956 3960 11943 3949 11938 3945 11953 $$ BOYD
2 follow-up statements
881 WGUS75 KREV 090000 FFSREV FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 500 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2014 NVC029-031-090200- /O.CON.KREV.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140709T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ STOREY NV-WASHOE NV- 500 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM PDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WASHOE AND NORTH CENTRAL STOREY COUNTIES... AT 454 PM PDT...THE RAIN HAS LARGELY ENDED BUT FLASH FLOODING REMAINS POSSIBLE FROM RUNOFF OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DERBY DAM AND TAHOE-RENO INDUSTRIAL CENTER * THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEVADA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 28 AND 35 AND U. S. A. PARKWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. PEOPLE IN FLOOD PRONE AND LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFT WATERS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. && LAT...LON 3957 11956 3960 11943 3949 11938 3945 11953 $$ BOYD
450 WGUS75 KREV 090058 FFSREV FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 558 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2014 NVC029-031-090108- /O.CAN.KREV.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140709T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ STOREY NV-WASHOE NV- 558 PM PDT TUE JUL 8 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WASHOE AND NORTH CENTRAL STOREY COUNTIES... THE THREAT FOR CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED. REMEMBER THAT MINOR FLOODING OR RUNOFF MAY CONTINUE IN LOW SPOTS FOR SEVERAL HOURS. LAT...LON 3957 11956 3960 11943 3949 11938 3945 11953 $$ BOYD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 12:52 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Mineral | 23 min |
| Jul 8, 2:14 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Churchill | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 2:43 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Lyon | 47 min |
| Jul 8, 3:20 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Storey | 55 min |
| Jul 8, 3:27 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | REV | Mineral | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:42 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Storey | 93 min |
| Jul 8, 3:46 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Pershing | 59 min |
| Jul 8, 4:31 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | REV | Washoe | 119 min |
| Jul 8, 4:42 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | 33 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.