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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Reno, NV

May 23, 20184 counties in Nevada; Mono County, California

NWS Reno, NV issued this flash flood watch at May 23, 2018, 10:49 AM PDT for 4 counties in Nevada; Mono County, California. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2018, 10:49 AM PDT (17:49 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2018, 4:07 PM PDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Reno, NV
Flood severity: None

Counties Mono County, CA, Douglas County, NV, Lyon County, NV, Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:52 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 Reno, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at May 23, 3:06 AM PDT, 7 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 3:06 AM PDT, 7 hours 43 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 1:11 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	REV	Washoe	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Nevada, 2018 Flash Flood Watches in California, 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.