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Areal Flood Warning 5, NWS Reno, NV

January 10, 2017Lyon County, Nevada

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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In the hours before

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Local storm report, Jan 10, 7:20 PM PST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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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The office that day

Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 10, 10:03 PM PSTAreal Flood WarningREVWashoe6 hr
Jan 10, 10:38 PM PSTFlash Flood WarningREVWashoe195 days
Jan 10, 11:50 PM PSTFlash Flood WarningREVDouglas195 days
Jan 11, 12:01 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningREVStorey, Washoe22 hr
Jan 11, 1:29 AM PSTFlash Flood WarningREVStorey, Washoe4 hr
Jan 11, 2:09 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryREVChurchill, Douglas, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey and 1 more32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.