Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Las Vegas, NV

Issued

Aug 10, 1991, 8:15 PM PDT (03:15 UTC)

Expired

Aug 10, 1991, 9:15 PM PDT

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Las Vegas, NV

Area

Whole counties

County Clark County, NV

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TTAA00 KLAS 110347
FFWLAS
NVC003-110415-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
815 PM PDT SAT AUG 10 1991

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......

IN SOUTH NEVADA

   ...CLARK COUNTY

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY DURING THE PAST
HOUR AND ARE CAUSING HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT
LIGHTING. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF GREATER THAN A THIRD OF AN INCH OF RAIN
IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME HAVE BEEN RECEIVED HERE AT THE WEATHER OFFICE
IN THE PAST 15 MINUTES. THE RAIN GAGE AT THE WEATHER OFFICE AT
MCCARREN AIRPORT HAS RECEIVED .35 OF AN INCH IN THE PAST 15 MINUTES.

THESE AMOUNTS OF RAINFALLS TYPICALLY CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING
IN THE LAS VEGAS AREA.

FLASH FLOODING HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN LAUGHLIN IN EXTREME SOUTHERN
NEVADA.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

BAKER/0317Z



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In the hours before

NVZ008-009-110400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
305 PM PDT SAT AUG 10 1991

LAS VEGAS WEATHER RADAR AND LIGHTNING DETECTION SENSORS SHOWED
WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS LINCOLN AND CLARK COUNTIES
IN SOUTHERN NEVADA...ALSO NORTHWEST MOHAVE COUNTY IN ARIZONA.
MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE NORTH AT 10 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN...ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT...DEADLY LIGHTNING.  VISIBILITIES
MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING DUST.

ALL PERSONS INVOLVED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITES IN SOUTHERN NEVADA SHOULD
KEEP AN EYE ON THE THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY SHOULD THUNDERSTORMS pMOVE INTO YOUR AREA.

MOST THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY 9 PM...BUT
SHOULD FIRE UP AGAIN SUNDAY.
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LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TV AND RADIO FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS.
CHS/2207Z

Flash Flood Warnings in Nevada, 1991Every flash flood warning in 1991

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.