Alert archive / Nevada / Flash Flood Watches in 2021
Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this flash flood watch at Jul 19, 2021, 7:58 PM PDT for 4 counties in Nevada. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2021, 7:58 PM PDT (02:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2021, 11:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Eureka County, NV, Lander County, NV, Nye County, NV, White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2216 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
145 WGUS65 KLKN 200258 FFALKN URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Flood Watch National Weather Service Elko NV 758 PM PDT Mon Jul 19 2021 NVZ035-037-040-041-200600- /O.EXP.KLKN.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-210720T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KLKN.FF.A.0002.210720T0300Z-210720T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ White Pine County-Southern Lander County and Southern Eureka County- Northwestern Nye County-Northeastern Nye County- Including the cities of Garden Pass, Eureka Airport, Blue Eagle Ranch, Preston, Diamond Valley, Ely Airport, Cherry Creek, Tonopah, Ely, Duckwater, Hickison Summit, McGill, Lund, Round Mountain, Eureka, Ruth, Manhattan, Grass Valley, and Pinto Summit 758 PM PDT Mon Jul 19 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Elko has issued a * Flash Flood Watch for portions of eastern Nevada, north central Nevada and south central Nevada, including the following areas, in eastern Nevada, White Pine County. In north central Nevada, Southern Lander County and Southern Eureka County. In south central Nevada, Northeastern Nye County and Northwestern Nye County. * Until 11 PM PDT this evening. * Portions of eastern Nevada, north central Nevada and south central Nevada including * Flash flooding is possible into the late evening hours as showers and thunderstorms continue across portions of central NV. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && The Flash Flood Watch for portions of eastern Nevada, north central Nevada and south central Nevada, including the following areas, in eastern Nevada, White Pine County. In north central Nevada, Southern Lander County and Southern Eureka County. In south central Nevada, Northeastern Nye County and Northwestern Nye County will expire at 8 PM PDT this evening. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures. $$ 96
1 follow-up statement
065 WGUS65 KLKN 200600 FFALKN Flood Watch National Weather Service Elko NV 1100 PM PDT Mon Jul 19 2021 NVZ035-037-040-041-200700- /O.EXP.KLKN.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-210720T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ White Pine County-Southern Lander County and Southern Eureka County- Northwestern Nye County-Northeastern Nye County- Including the cities of Garden Pass, Eureka Airport, Blue Eagle Ranch, Preston, Diamond Valley, Ely Airport, Cherry Creek, Tonopah, Ely, Duckwater, Hickison Summit, McGill, Lund, Round Mountain, Eureka, Ruth, Manhattan, Grass Valley, and Pinto Summit 1100 PM PDT Mon Jul 19 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... The Flash Flood Watch for portions of eastern Nevada, north central Nevada and south central Nevada, including the following areas, in eastern Nevada, White Pine County. In north central Nevada, Southern Lander County and Southern Eureka County. In south central Nevada, Northeastern Nye County and Northwestern Nye County will expire at 11 PM PDT this evening. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures. $$ 85
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 5:47 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Lander | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 6:19 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 41 min | |
| Jul 19, 6:28 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 47 min | |
| Jul 19, 6:59 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 46 min | |
| Jul 19, 7:39 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Esmeralda, Nye | 111 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.