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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Elko, NV

April 26, 2024Elko County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this river flood warning at Apr 26, 2024, 2:12 PM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. It took effect at Apr 26, 2024, 4:57 PM PDT. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 2024, 2:12 PM PDT (21:12 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 26, 2024, 4:57 PM PDT
Expired
Apr 28, 2024, 2:10 AM PDT
In force
33 hr
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 21:15 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 Wildhorse (OGCN2). The gauge peaked at 3.54 ft at Apr 26, 2024, 2:00 PM PDT.

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Action stage
3 ft
Minor stage
3.5 ft
Moderate stage
4.5 ft
Major stage
5.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 13174500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 2:09 AM PDTRiver Flood WarningLKNElko35 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Nevada, 2024Every river flood warning in 2024

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.