1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Reno, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 29, 1:00 PM PST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 200 PM PDT FRI JUL 29 2005 .SHORT TERM... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORMED BY LATE MORNING AND ARE BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. CLUSTER OF WEAK VORT MAXIMA EMBEDDED IN THE FLOW CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THE SRN SIERRA WILL HELP FOCUS THE BEST CONVECTION OVER THE HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR. LIGHT WESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS SAC-RNO GRADIENT TURNS POSITIVE WHICH WILL BLOW ANY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY OFF THE CREST AND INCREASE CONVERGENCE OVER ZONES 001 AND 004 THIS EVENING. MAIN THREAT THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH PW VALUES CLOSE TO ONE INCH AND DEW POINTS AROUND 50 DEGREES COMBINED WITH LIGHT STEERING WINDS OVER WRN NEVADA. THUNDER WILL TAPER OFF AFTER DARK BUT EXPECT RAIN SHOWERS TO CONTINUE OVER ERN ZONES UNTIL THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. BUMPED MIN TEMPS UP A BIT WITH INCREASED CLOUD COVER EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. TOMORROW LOOKS MUCH THE SAME AS TODAY WITH VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN. EXPECT ISOLATED WET THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE SRN ZONES BY NOON AND BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD IN THE AFTERNOON BEFORE THE WESTERLY WINDS KICK IN AND BLOW ACTIVITY BACK OVER THE ERN ZONES. UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES THE PACNW SUNDAY INCREASING SWLY FLOW OVER THE NRN ZONES AND DRYING THINGS OUT A LITTLE. TROUGH MOVES ONSHORE MONDAY PUSHING ANY CONVECTION SOUTH AND EAST OF THE RENO AREA. COOLER AIR ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROUGH WILL MODERATE TEMPS A BIT ACROSS THE NRN HALF OF THE CWA STARTING MONDAY AND ALSO CREATE MORE PRONOUNCED SWLY WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON WITH TIGHTER GRADIENT. JORDAN .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... MEDIUM RANGE MODELS TRENDING TOWARDS THE UPPER RIDGE SITUATING ITSELF FAR ENOUGH EAST SO THAT 500 MB MOISTURE REMAINS EAST OF THE CWA AT THE START OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK...THE HIGH IS PROGGED TO RETROGRADE WESTWARD BRINGING INCREASE IN MOISTURE FLOW. THE TIMING OF THIS RETROGRADE HAS ALSO BEEN SLOWED UP ON THE LAST COUPLE OF RUNS. I DECIDED TO LEAVE POP GRIDS AS THEY ARE FOR NOW...BUT WE MAY HAVE TO DRY OUT ALL BUT SOUTHERN MINERAL AND MONO COUNTIES FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY IF THIS TREND CONTINUES. IF THE RIDGE MOVES WESTWARD AS PLANNED...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL LOOK BETTER IN EASTERN COUNTIES THURSDAY...REACHING THE SIERRA FRIDAY. MEX GUIDANCE DROPS HEIGHTS/TEMPS TOO LOW FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY DUE TO WEAK TROF PASSAGE TO THE NORTH...BUT REBOUND TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. INHERITED GRIDS HAD A GOOD HANDLE ON THIS AND NO CHANGES WERE MADE. SHULZ && .AVIATION... ISOLATED SIERRA THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 01Z TODAY...WITH SCATTERED STORMS EAST OF THE SIERRA THROUGH 03Z. MAIN THREAT WITH STORMS IS HEAVY RAIN SQUALLS AND VARIABLE SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 35 KTS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP SATURDAY AROUND 20Z. SHULZ && .REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .NV...NONE. .CA...NONE. &&
The Reno radar (KRGX), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:13 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding in Double Diamond area of south Reno. A foot of water covered Terminal Way near the Reno-Tahoe International Airport.
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