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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2014, 3:36 PM PDT for Mineral 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 15, 2014, 3:36 PM PDT (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2014, 6:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mineral County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 3034 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
412 WGUS55 KREV 152236 FFWREV NVC021-160130- /O.NEW.KREV.FF.W.0005.140715T2236Z-140716T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 336 PM PDT TUE JUL 15 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MINERAL COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA... * UNTIL 630 PM PDT * AT 330 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OF 1 INCH OR MORE IN 30 MINUTES. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO US HWY 395 BETWEEN HAWTHORNE AND LUNING. 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 3897 11828 3857 11780 3827 11806 3867 11857 $$ TF
2 follow-up statements
700 WGUS75 KREV 152349 FFSREV FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 449 PM PDT TUE JUL 15 2014 NVC021-160130- /O.CON.KREV.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140716T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MINERAL NV- 449 PM PDT TUE JUL 15 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM PDT FOR CENTRAL MINERAL COUNTY... AT 442 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO US HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN HAWTHORNE AND LUNING. RAINFALL CONTINUES IN THE WARNED AREA AND WATER WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW DOWNSTREAM FROM HIGHER TERRAIN. MOTORISTS ON HIGHWAY 95 SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROADWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. PEOPLE IN FLOOD PRONE AND LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFT WATERS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. A FEW INCHES OF FAST FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3897 11828 3857 11780 3827 11806 3867 11857 $$ TF
119 WGUS75 KREV 160121 FFSREV FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 621 PM PDT TUE JUL 15 2014 NVC021-160131- /O.EXP.KREV.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140716T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MINERAL NV- 621 PM PDT TUE JUL 15 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM PDT FOR CENTRAL MINERAL COUNTY... THE STORMS THAT EARLIER PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAVE DISSIPATED...WITH A DIMINISHING FLOOD THREAT. REMEMBER THAT MINOR FLOODING OF LOW SPOTS MAY CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS. LAT...LON 3897 11828 3857 11780 3827 11806 3867 11857 $$ TF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 12:07 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Mineral | 83 min |
| Jul 15, 3:07 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | REV | Washoe | 54 hr |
| Jul 15, 4:55 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Storey | 35 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.