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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Elko, NV

May 30, 2019Elko County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this river flood warning at May 30, 2019, 4:19 AM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. It was in force for 21 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2019, 4:19 AM PDT (11:19 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2019, 4:19 AM PDT
In force: 21 days
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Elko County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Owyhee River near Mountain City (OMCN2). The gauge peaked at 8.47 ft at May 30, 2019, 4:00 AM PDT.

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 9 ft
Major stage: 10 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 13175100, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at May 30, 1:52 AM PDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 1:52 AM PDT, 2 hours 27 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
May 29, 5:25 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	LKN	Elko	60 min
May 29, 6:14 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		31 min
May 30, 4:19 AM PDT	River Flood Warning	LKN	Elko	26 hr
May 30, 1:23 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		22 min
May 30, 1:48 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		27 min
May 30, 3:02 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		28 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Nevada, 2019 Every river flood warning in 2019

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.