Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Reno, NV

Issued

Oct 15, 2016, 5:47 PM PDT (00:47 UTC)

Expired

Oct 15, 2016, 11:45 PM PDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Reno, NV

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County El Dorado County, CA

The Reno radar (KRGX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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.

267 
WGUS55 KREV 160047
FFWREV
CAC017-160645-
/O.NEW.KREV.FF.W.0004.161016T0047Z-161016T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
547 PM PDT SAT OCT 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EL DORADO COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...

* UNTIL 1145 PM PDT SATURDAY

* AT 539 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS MONITORING A BAND OF
  HEAVY RAINFALL THAT IS TRACKING ACROSS THE EMERALD WILDFIRE BURN
  SCAR. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED WATER RUNNING ACROSS HIGHWAY 89
  AT LOWER CASCADE ROAD. 

THIS AREA RECEIVED 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL FRIDAY EVENING AND SAW
DEBRIS FLOWS ACROSS HIGHWAY 89. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT.  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR
WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 89 NEAR
THE BURN SCAR. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK, MUD, VEGETATION
AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY
TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES...MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP
TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3896 12007 3890 12010 3892 12015 3897 12009

$$

TF

384 
WGUS75 KREV 160254
FFSREV

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
754 PM PDT SAT OCT 15 2016

CAC017-160645-
/O.CON.KREV.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161016T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL DORADO CA-
754 PM PDT SAT OCT 15 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM PDT FOR EL
DORADO COUNTY...

AT 750 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND NEARBY SURFACE REPORTS INDICATED
MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER THE EMERALD FIRE
BURN SCAR. NEARLY 0.75 INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN AND AN
ADDITIONAL 0.50 TO 0.75 INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE
THREAT FOR MUD AND DEBRIS FLOW CONTINUES FOR HIGHWAY 89 AND CASCADE
ROAD BELOW THE BURN AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. THE THREAT FOR LIFE
THREATENING FLOODING OF CREEKS AND ROADS REMAINS HIGH. THE HEAVY
RAINS WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES...MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN
STEEP TERRAIN.

&&

LAT...LON 3896 12007 3890 12010 3892 12015 3897 12009

$$

WH

909 
WGUS75 KREV 160635
FFSREV

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
1135 PM PDT SAT OCT 15 2016

CAC017-160645-
/O.EXP.KREV.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161016T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL DORADO CA-
1135 PM PDT SAT OCT 15 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EL DORADO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1145
PM PDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE EMERALD WILDFIRE BURN SCAR AND THE
THREAT FOR MUD AND DEBRIS FLOW HAS DIMINISHED. 

LAT...LON 3896 12007 3890 12010 3892 12015 3897 12009

$$

WH

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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.