Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Las Vegas, NV

Issued

Aug 26, 1988, 5:35 PM PDT (00:35 UTC)

Expired

Aug 26, 1988, 6:30 PM PDT

In force

55 min

Issued by

NWS Las Vegas, NV

Area

Whole counties

County Nye County, NV

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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TTAA00 KRNO 270038 RRA
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NVC023-270130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
535 PM PDT FRI AUG 26 1988
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM PDT
AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN CENTRAL NEVADA
          ...CENTRAL NYE
 
AT 515 PM PDT THE TONOPAH AIRPORT REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS GUSTING TO NEARLY 60 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM
CAUSING THIS SEVERE WEATHER WAS MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEASTINTO CENTRAL NYE COUNTY.
 
AS A RESULT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR CENTRAL NYE COUNTY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM PDT.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE THREATENED AREA...STAY ALERT TO CHANGING CONDITIONS
AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PROCUDE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLYLIGHTNING.
 
BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. STAY OUT OF DRY WASHES AND STREAMBEDS. IF
HEAVY RAIN STRIKES...SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
 
CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND
WARNINGS. WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO..RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER
TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL.
 
RL

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS, NV
107 PM PDT FRI AUG 26 1988

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN NEVADA...

THE LAS VEGAS WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
OVER LINCOLN...NYE AND CLARK COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN NEVADA AND SAN BERN-
ADINO COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA.  THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE IN THE MOUNT CHARLESTON AREA WHERE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND
HAIL MAYBE OCCURING.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-
EAST AT 10 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCAL AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND
SAND.  LOCAL FLOODING OF WASHES CAN OCCUR NEAR AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN AND
MOTORIST ARE REMINDED NOT TO DRIVE ON ROADS COVERED BY WATER.

PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS.  BOATERS ON
LAKE MEAD AND LAKE MOHAVE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ROUGH WATER.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TV AND RADIO FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS.
CHS/2007Z

Flash Flood Warnings in Nevada, 1988Every flash flood warning in 1988

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.