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Flash Flood Watch 10, NWS Elko, NV

October 3, 20185 counties in Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this flash flood watch at Oct 3, 2018, 2:49 AM PDT for 5 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Oct 3, 2018, 5:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 3, 2018, 2:49 AM PDT (09:49 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 3, 2018, 5:00 AM PDT
Expired: Oct 3, 2018, 10:00 PM PDT
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV
Flood severity: None

Counties Elko County, NV, Eureka County, NV, Lander County, NV, Nye County, NV, White Pine County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:50 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 flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Oct 3, 2:12 AM PDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 2:12 AM PDT, 37 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 2, 6:04 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		41 min
Oct 2, 9:18 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Nye	3 hr
Oct 3, 1:21 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		39 min
Oct 3, 1:33 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Lander	42 min
Oct 3, 1:42 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Eureka	48 min
Oct 3, 1:43 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Lander	47 min
Oct 3, 2:32 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Lander	43 min
Oct 3, 2:38 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	LKN	Lander	6 hr
Oct 3, 2:59 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		46 min
Oct 3, 3:12 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Lander	48 min
Oct 3, 3:15 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		45 min
Oct 3, 3:57 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Lander	48 min
Oct 3, 4:03 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	LKN	Elko	6 hr
Oct 3, 4:05 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Eureka, Lander	40 min
Oct 3, 4:18 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	LKN	Lander	6 hr
Oct 3, 4:37 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Elko	38 min
Oct 3, 4:48 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		42 min
Oct 3, 4:53 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Eureka	52 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Nevada, 2018 Every flash flood watch in 2018

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.