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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Las Vegas, NV

September 3, 1990Clark County, Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Sep 3, 1990, 1:04 PM PDT for Clark County, Nevada. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 3, 1990, 1:04 PM PDT (20:04 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 1990, 4:00 PM PDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area
Whole counties

County Clark County, NV

The radar

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

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLAS 032005
FFWLAS
NVC003-032300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
104 PM PDT MON SEP 3 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTH NEVADA
 
   ...SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY
 
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED IN BOULDER
CITY (15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAS VEGAS). THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE
ALSO MOVING INTO THE WILLOW BEACH AREA AND THE LAKE MEAD AREA.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 1:04 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFClark56 min
Sep 3, 2:00 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEFClark3 hr
Sep 3, 2:00 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFClark3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Nevada, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.