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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2015, 6:39 PM PDT for Storey County, Washoe County, Nevada. It was in force for 111 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2015, 6:39 PM PDT (01:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2015, 8:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 111 min
- 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), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3368 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
925
WGUS55 KREV 010139
FFWREV
NVC029-031-010330-
/O.NEW.KREV.FF.W.0003.150701T0139Z-150701T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
639 PM PDT TUE JUN 30 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN WASHOE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA...
STOREY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA...
* UNTIL 830 PM PDT
* AT 637 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* VERY HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80
BETWEEN VISTA AND LOCKWOOD. THE STEEP TERRAIN IN THIS AREA WILL
PROMOTE RAPID RUN OFF AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS
ALONG THE INTERSTATE...ESPECIALLY THE WEST BOUND LANES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SPARKS AND MUSTANG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3957 11962 3951 11963 3952 11969 3957 11971
$$2 follow-up statements
815 WGUS75 KREV 010212 FFSREV FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 712 PM PDT TUE JUN 30 2015 NVC029-031-010330- /O.CON.KREV.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150701T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WASHOE NV-STOREY NV- 712 PM PDT TUE JUN 30 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM PDT FOR SOUTHERN WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES... AT 708 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN EAST SPARKS NEAR BARING BOULEVARD AND SHADY OAK DRIVE. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF FLOODING ALONG VISTA BOULEVARD FROM GREG STREET TO BARING BOULEVARD. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING AND MAY ENHANCE FLOODING ON THE EAST SIDE OF SPARKS. FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON INTERSTATE 80 FROM VISTA TO LOCKWOOD. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SPARKS AND MUSTANG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. A FEW INCHES OF FAST FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3957 11962 3951 11963 3952 11969 3957 11971 $$
474 WGUS75 KREV 010328 FFSREV FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 828 PM PDT TUE JUN 30 2015 NVC029-031-010336- /O.EXP.KREV.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150701T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WASHOE NV-STOREY NV- 828 PM PDT TUE JUN 30 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM PDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. RESIDUAL FLOODING IN EAST SPARKS FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN MAY PERSIST FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS...BUT THE FLOOD WATERS WILL GRADUALLY RECEDE. SOME ROAD SURFACES MAY BE DAMAGED AND DIFFICULT TO SEE AS NIGHT FALLS. LAT...LON 3957 11962 3951 11963 3952 11969 3957 11971 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 5:23 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Lyon | 22 min |
| Jun 30, 6:07 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Storey | 38 min |
| Jun 30, 6:25 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Storey | 50 min |
| Jun 30, 6:29 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Douglas | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 7:16 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Storey | 59 min |
| Jun 30, 7:28 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | REV | Lyon, Storey | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 7:35 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | REV | Washoe | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 8:02 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Storey | 43 min |
| Jun 30, 8:22 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | 23 min | |
| Jul 1, 4:55 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | 50 min | |
| Jul 1, 4:59 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Churchill | 61 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.