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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2017, 6:16 PM PDT for Plumas County, California. It was in force for 119 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
- Aug 2, 2017, 6:16 PM PDT (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2017, 8:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Plumas County, CA
The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3759 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
251 WGUS55 KREV 030116 FFWREV CAC063-030315- /O.NEW.KREV.FF.W.0007.170803T0116Z-170803T0315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Reno NV 616 PM PDT WED AUG 2 2017 The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Plumas County in northern California... * Until 815 PM PDT * At 615 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. The storms are nearly stationary. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen and another half inch or more is expected. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Genesee. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 4009 12066 3998 12070 4004 12081 4013 12085 $$
2 follow-up statements
213 WGUS75 KREV 030208 FFSREV Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Reno NV 708 PM PDT WED AUG 2 2017 CAC063-030315- /O.CON.KREV.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170803T0315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Plumas CA- 708 PM PDT WED AUG 2 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM PDT FOR PLUMAS COUNTY... At 706 PM PDT, the heavy rain has ended over the warned area in the Indian Creek drainage, but flooding is still possible as water runs off the steeper terrain around the valley. Doppler radar estimates over 2 inches of rain have fallen in the last 2 hours. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Genesee. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring. If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately. Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate precautions to protect life and property. && LAT...LON 4009 12066 3998 12070 4004 12081 4013 12085 $$
563 WGUS75 KREV 030312 FFSREV Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Reno NV 812 PM PDT WED AUG 2 2017 CAC063-030320- /O.EXP.KREV.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170803T0315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Plumas CA- 812 PM PDT WED AUG 2 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PLUMAS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM PDT... The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Light rain could continue over the warned area until 9 pm, but only flooding should be very minor and confined to small streams. LAT...LON 4009 12066 3998 12070 4004 12081 4013 12085 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 5:26 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Lassen | 109 min |
| Aug 2, 7:15 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Plumas | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 2:32 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Alpine, Lassen, Mono | 118 min |
| Aug 3, 2:59 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Sierra | 31 min |
| Aug 3, 4:41 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Alpine, Lassen, Mono | 109 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.