Nevada, 2013Flash Flood in Nevada, August 30, 2013
August 30, 2013 · NWS LKN · 1 event in 1 county or zone
A flash flood occurred about 8 miles south of Lund on state route 318 with a 1/2 mile wide area of water and debris flowing across the road.
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A flash flood occurred about 8 miles south of Lund on state route 318 with a 1/2 mile wide area of water and debris flowing across the road.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Aug 30, 1:26 PM PST, 7 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 1:26 PM PST, 7 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
226 PM PDT FRI AUG 30 2013
.SYNOPSIS...DRY THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA THROUGH SATURDAY. ANOTHER SURGE OF MONSOON
MOISTURE WILL ARRIVE ON SUNDAY INTO LABOR DAY BRINGING THE THREAT OF
HEAVY RAIN TO PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
&&
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
FORMED IN WHITE PINE AND NORTHERN NYE COUNTY MAINLY OVER THE HIGH
TERRAIN...WITH PW'S NEAR 1 INCH HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH
THIS EVENING. TONIGHT THE STORMS WILL DISSIPATE WITH ANOTHER ROUND
OF WIDELY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA ON
SATURDAY. PW'S WILL STILL BE NEAR AN INCH AND SOME INSTABILITY
WITH LI'S NEAR -1 SO HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE MAINLY NEAR THE HIGHER
TERRAIN WHERE MOST OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM.
SUNDAY...ANOTHER SURGE OF MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTH TO
NORTH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. CENTRAL NEVADA WILL
SEE PLENTY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP NEAR MID DAY WITH
THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINS AND FLASH FLOODING AS PW'S WILL BE NEAR
OR ABOVE 1 INCH AND STORM MOTIONS WILL BE AROUND 10 KNOTS. THIS
MOISTURE WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN NEVADA THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS SPREADING STORMS AND THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN
NORTHWARD.
.LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY. MODELS STILL IN
AGREEMENT WITH MAINTAINING A HIGH OVER THE FOUR CORNER STATES SUNDAY
NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE RIDGE PUSHES "MONSOON" MOISTURE
NORTHWARD INTO WESTERN ELKO COUNTY FROM THE SOUTHERN ZONES SUNDAY
NIGHT AND ACROSS MOST OF THE REST OF THE CWA ON MONDAY. WESTERN
HUMBOLDT COUNTY LOOKS DRY AS IT REMAINS UNDER THE INFLUENCE THE DRY
SLOT ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER LOW OFF THE WEST COAST. BY TUESDAY...ALL
THE CWA BECOMES UNSTABLE WITH PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AVAILABLE
FOR GOOD CONVECTION. BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LOOKS TO BE OVER
CENTRAL NV TUESDAY AFTERNOON WHERE THERMAL TROF LOCATED. THERMAL
TROF SHIFTS INTO UTAH THURSDAY AS TROF ALONG THE WEST COAST PUSHES
INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE CONFINED TO
EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY AND ALL OF WHITE WHITE PINE COUNTY. BY
FRIDAY...EC FURTHER NORTH WHICH ALLOWS THE "MONSOON" MOISTURE TO
CREEP BACK INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA. WHILE AT THE
SAME TIME...THE GFS BRINGS IN A DRY NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL NV. HAVE KEPT THE CWA DRY WITH DIFFERENCE IN MODELS...
BUT BEING SEPTEMBER THE DRIER GFS SOLUTION SEEMS THE MOST
REASONABLE.
&&
.AVIATION...VFR ALL TERMINALS. CONVECTION WILL BE CONFINED TO KELY
VICINITY THROUGH THIS EVENING...OTHERWISE DRY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEAR KTPH AND KELY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INCREASES OVER NORTHERN NYE AND WHITE
COUNTIES DURING THE DAY.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...DRY AND WARM ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION THROUGH
SATURDAY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH WETTING RAINS ACROSS
CENTRAL NEVADA. SUNDAY A SURGE OF MOISTURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
AREA WITH CENTRAL NEVADA SEEING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THESE STORMS WILL SPREAD
NORTHWARD BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WET THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY FOR MOST OF THE AREA.
&&
.LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
90/87/87/90
Flash Flood, White Pine
- When
- August 30, 8:40 PM PST to 9:10 PM PST
- Where
- White Pine County, 9.12 mi S of Lund to 8.22 mi SSW of Lund
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 38.720, -115.026
Department of Highways and law enforcement reported a flash flood occurred along state route 318 near mile marker 6 with one to one and a half feet of water, mud, large pine trees, and other debris flowing across the roadway. The road was impassable and the debris was cleared with a snowplow.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornado and Flash Flood in South Dakota, August 30, 2013$33 million · EF0 · 18 events
- Heat in Illinois, August 30, 20131 death · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Nevada, August 30 to 31, 2013$1.2 million · 11 events
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 30, 2013$315,000 · 78 kt wind · 3 events
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, August 30, 2013$20,000 · EF0 · 57 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 30, 2013$80,000 · 1.5 in hail · 18 events
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 30, 2013$118,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 30, 2013$35,000 · 1.75 in hail · 24 events
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 30, 2013$62,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 30 to 31, 2013$23,000 · 63 kt wind · 9 events
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 30, 2013$19,000 · 55 kt wind · 9 events
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 30, 2013$20,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 466873.