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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 7, 2017, 3:59 PM PDT for White Pine 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, 3:59 PM PDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2017, 7:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 237 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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
Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 183 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.
161 WGUS55 KLKN 072259 FFWLKN NVC033-080200- /O.NEW.KLKN.FF.W.0021.170807T2259Z-170808T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Elko NV 359 PM PDT MON AUG 7 2017 The National Weather Service in Elko Nevada has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Central White Pine County in northeastern Nevada... * Until 700 PM PDT * At 359 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Cave Lake State Park. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring. If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately. Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate precautions to protect life and property. && LAT...LON 3933 11447 3914 11446 3914 11472 3932 11474 $$ SH
1 follow-up statement
030 WGUS75 KLKN 080151 FFSLKN Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Elko NV 651 PM PDT MON AUG 7 2017 NVC033-080201- /O.EXP.KLKN.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-170808T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ White Pine NV- 651 PM PDT MON AUG 7 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL WHITE PINE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM PDT... The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 3933 11447 3914 11446 3914 11472 3932 11474 $$ DS
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, 12:58 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Elko | 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, 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.