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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Reno, NV

July 29, 2017Alpine County, California

NWS Reno, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2017, 1:48 PM PDT for Alpine County, California. It was in force for 117 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 2017, 1:48 PM PDT (20:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2017, 3:45 PM PDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Alpine County, CA

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 163 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2017-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 57 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2017-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
57 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-290 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2590 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

384 
WGUS55 KREV 292048
FFWREV
CAC003-292245-
/O.NEW.KREV.FF.W.0005.170729T2048Z-170729T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Reno NV
148 PM PDT SAT JUL 29 2017

The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Alpine County in northern California...

* Until 345 PM PDT

* At 147 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  very heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected 
  to begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Mesa Vista, Woodfords, Alpine Village, Indian Creek Campground,
  Indian Creek Reservoir and Paynesville.

LAT...LON 3874 11975 3876 11990 3887 11987 3884 11977

$$

JW
1 follow-up statement
434 
WGUS75 KREV 292129
FFSREV

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Reno NV
229 PM PDT SAT JUL 29 2017

CAC003-292245-
/O.CON.KREV.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170729T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Alpine CA-
229 PM PDT SAT JUL 29 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM PDT FOR
ALPINE COUNTY...

At 229 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...
Mesa Vista, Woodfords, Alpine Village, Indian Creek Campground,
Indian Creek Reservoir and Paynesville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, country roads, farmland, and other low lying
spots.

&&

LAT...LON 3874 11975 3876 11990 3887 11987 3884 11977

$$

JW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 1:32 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementREVAlpine43 min

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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.