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Areal Flood Warning 5, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this areal flood warning at Jan 10, 2017, 8:45 PM PST for Lyon County, Nevada. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 10, 2017, 8:45 PM PST (04:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2017, 8:30 PM PST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lyon County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Reno, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Jan 10, 7:19 PM PST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 7:19 PM PST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
720 PM PST TUE JAN 10 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1024 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 5 SE MOUNT ROSE SKI ARE 39.27N 119.82W
01/10/2017 M68.00 MPH WASHOE NV DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
THE NDOT SENSOR IN WASHOE VALLEY RECORDED A WIND GUST OF
68 MPH.
1050 AM NON-TSTM WND GST E GALENA 39.38N 119.83W
01/10/2017 M72.00 MPH WASHOE NV PARK/FOREST SRVC
THE RAWS SENSOR AT GALENA RECORDED A WIND GUST OF 72 MPH
AT AN ELEVATION OF 5610 FT.
1135 AM HEAVY SNOW 5 WNW SUSANVILLE 40.43N 120.75W
01/10/2017 M24.0 INCH LASSEN CA TRAINED SPOTTER
2.5 INCHES IN THE LAST HOUR. TWO FEET OF SNOW ON THE
GROUND.
1239 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 ESE LAKE CITY 41.62N 120.16W
01/10/2017 M60.00 MPH MODOC CA PARK/FOREST SRVC
THE RAWS SENSOR IN SURPRISE VALLEY RECORDED A WIND GUST
OF 60 MPH.
0116 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 4 W LOVELOCK DERBY FIEL 40.06N 118.65W
01/10/2017 M61.00 MPH PERSHING NV DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
THE NDOT SENSOR AT TOULON RECORDED A WIND GUST OF 61 MPH.
0127 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 SW PLEASANT VALLEY 39.33N 119.79W
01/10/2017 M62.00 MPH WASHOE NV DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
THE NDOT SENSOR AT THE GALENA BRIDGE RECORDED A WIND GUST
OF 62 MPH.
0150 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 ESE WELLINGTON 38.75N 119.34W
01/10/2017 M63.00 MPH LYON NV MESONET
A DRI SENSOR RECORDED A WIND GUST OF 63 MPH IN SMITH
VALLEY AT AN ELEVATION OF 4885 FT.
0154 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 4 NNW VIRGINIA CITY 39.37N 119.67W
01/10/2017 M59.00 MPH STOREY NV DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
THE NDOT SENSOR AT FIVE MILE FLAT RECORDED A WIND GUST OF
59 MPH.
0155 PM NON-TSTM WND GST SSW SWEETWATER SUMMIT 38.51N 119.21W
01/10/2017 M65.00 MPH LYON NV DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
AN NDOT SENSOR RECORDED A WIND GUST OF 65 MPH AT AN
ELEVATION OF 6813 FT.
0237 PM FLOOD 2 W HERLONG 40.14N 120.16W
01/10/2017 LASSEN CA LAW ENFORCEMENT
COUNTY ROAD A26 IS CLOSED. FLOODING HAS WEAKENED A BRIDGE
SUPPORT.
0247 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 15 ENE WABUSKA 39.26N 118.94W
01/10/2017 M59.00 MPH LYON NV DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
THE RAWS SENSOR AT DEAD CAMEL MOUNTAIN RECORDED A WIND
GUST OF 59 MPH.
0429 PM AVALANCHE 1 ENE ALPINE MEADOWS 39.18N 120.20W
01/10/2017 PLACER CA FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
UPDATED INFORMATION ON ALPINE MEADOWS AVALANCHE. NO
INJURIES REPORTED. 12-14 HOUSES INVOLVED, SOME STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE, BUT NO FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES FOUND.
0647 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 5 ENE MOUNT GRANT 38.59N 118.71W
01/10/2017 M105 MPH MINERAL NV DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
THE NDOT SENSOR NEAR WALKER LAKE RECORDED A WIND GUST OF
105 MPH. TWO SEMI-TRUCKS WERE BLOWN OVER.
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O'HARAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 10:03 PM PST | Areal Flood Warning | REV | Washoe | 6 hr |
| Jan 10, 10:38 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | REV | Washoe | 195 days |
| Jan 10, 11:50 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | REV | Douglas | 195 days |
| Jan 11, 12:01 AM PST | River Flood Warning | REV | Storey, Washoe | 22 hr |
| Jan 11, 1:29 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | REV | Storey, Washoe | 4 hr |
| Jan 11, 2:09 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | REV | Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey and 1 more | 32 hr |
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Areal Flood Warnings in Nevada, 2017Every areal flood warning in 2017
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.