Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2016, 4:08 PM PDT for Mono County, California. 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 2, 2016, 4:08 PM PDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2016, 6:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mono County, CA
The radar
The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 2993 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
931 WGUS55 KREV 022308 FFWREV CAC051-030145- /O.NEW.KREV.FF.W.0001.160702T2308Z-160703T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 408 PM PDT SAT JUL 2 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MONO COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... * UNTIL 645 PM PDT * AT 344 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE THE MARINA FIRE BURN SCAR. FLASH FLOODING AND MUD SLIDES ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN A THREAT ALONG 395 BETWEEN TIOGA LODGE AND LEE VINING. THE MUD SLIDE CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES...MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS. THIS MAY IMPACT HIGHWAY 395. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION. THIS MAY CLOSE THE HIGHWAY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. && LAT...LON 3800 11913 3797 11912 3795 11915 3800 11916 $$ ZT
2 follow-up statements
279 WGUS75 KREV 030004 FFSREV FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 504 PM PDT SAT JUL 2 2016 CAC051-030145- /O.CON.KREV.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160703T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MONO CA- 504 PM PDT SAT JUL 2 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM PDT FOR MONO COUNTY... AT 500 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. STORMS CONTINUE TO FORM IN THE AREA AND FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ALONG HIGHWAY 395 BETWEEN TIOGA LODGE AND LEE VINING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS NEAR RECENTLY BURNED AREAS ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND CAN DESTROY STRUCTURES AND WASH OUT BRIDGES AND ROADS. DEBRIS FLOWS OFTEN CONTAIN MASSIVE BOULDERS...BURNED TREES AND LARGE AMOUNTS OF SEDIMENT AND ASH MOVING AT HIGH RATES OF SPEED. && LAT...LON 3800 11913 3797 11912 3795 11915 3800 11916 $$ ZT
543 WGUS75 KREV 030141 FFSREV FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 641 PM PDT SAT JUL 2 2016 CAC051-030145- /O.EXP.KREV.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160703T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MONO CA- 641 PM PDT SAT JUL 2 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MONO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM PDT... RAIN HAS DIMINISHED AROUND THE MARINA FIRE BURN SCAR AND LEE VINING AREA. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. LAT...LON 3800 11913 3797 11912 3795 11915 3800 11916 $$ MJD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 11:30 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Mono | 60 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.