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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 7, 2017, 12:58 PM PDT for Elko 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
- Aug 7, 2017, 12:58 PM PDT (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2017, 4:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Elko County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 1857 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
400 WGUS55 KLKN 071958 FFWLKN NVC007-072300- /O.NEW.KLKN.FF.W.0013.170807T1958Z-170807T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Elko NV 1258 PM PDT MON AUG 7 2017 The National Weather Service in Elko Nevada has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... West central Elko County in northeastern Nevada... * Until 400 PM PDT * At 1256 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Flash flooding will remain over mainly rural areas of west central Elko County. Excessive rainfall over the Snowstorm burn scar will result in debris flow. The debris flow can consist of rock, mud, vegetation and other loose materials. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 4154 11655 4134 11661 4133 11689 4153 11684 $$ SH
1 follow-up statement
223 WGUS75 KLKN 072251 FFSLKN Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Elko NV 351 PM PDT MON AUG 7 2017 NVC007-072301- /O.EXP.KLKN.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170807T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Elko NV- 351 PM PDT MON AUG 7 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM PDT... The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 4154 11655 4134 11661 4133 11689 4153 11684 $$ 99
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 5:44 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Lander, Nye | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 5:48 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 27 min | |
| Aug 6, 6:16 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 44 min | |
| Aug 6, 7:34 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Lander | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 12:37 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Elko | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 12:41 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Eureka, Lander, Nye | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:01 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 29 min | |
| Aug 7, 1:17 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Elko | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:23 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Eureka | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 1:32 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Elko | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 1:37 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Nye | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:39 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Eureka | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 1:42 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Elko | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 2:25 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 50 min | |
| Aug 7, 2:26 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Humboldt | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:45 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 45 min | |
| Aug 7, 3:04 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Eureka, Nye, White Pine | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:05 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | White Pine | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:07 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Eureka | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 3:14 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 31 min | |
| Aug 7, 3:24 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | White Pine | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:25 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | White Pine | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:34 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Elko | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:59 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | White Pine | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:06 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 24 min | |
| Aug 7, 4:16 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Nye | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:28 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Elko | 3 hr |
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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.