Alert archive / Nevada / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 12, 1992, 6:23 PM PDT for Clark County, Nevada. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 12, 1992, 6:23 PM PDT (01:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 1992, 7:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clark County, NV
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLAS 130124 FFWLAS NVC003-130330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 623 PM PDT WED AUG 12 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM PDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTH NEVADA ...CLARK COUNTY HEAVY RAIN HAS STARTED FALLING AT MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 615PM. THIS RAIN IS BEING CAUSED BY A THUNDERSTORM MOVING UP FROM THE SOUTH AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR ABOUT ANOTHER HOUR. ROADWAYS IN THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY ARE LIKELY TO BECOME FLOODED DURING THIS TIME. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DJEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 12, 6:11 PM PDT, 12 minutes before
NVZ008-009-130600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 610 PM PDT WED AUG 12 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHERN NEVADA AGAIN EVENING... AT 6PM LAS VEGAS RADAR AND LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHERN NEVADA AS WELL AS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA. THE AIRMASS REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN EXISTS. ALSO DISSIPATING STORMS OFTEN CREATE STRONG DOWNDRAFT WINDS. HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED IN HENDERSON AND ALSO THE NORTHERN END OF THE NEVADA TEST SITE. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. LOCAL FLOODING OF HIGHWAY DIPS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES IS POSSIBLE. ALSO...GUSTY WINDS AROUND THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES. IF YOU ARE PLANNING ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN SOUTHERN NEVADA THIS EVENING...KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA. REMEMBER...NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY...EITHER ON FOOT OR IN YOUR CAR. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE AND A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. NEVER SEEK SHELTER NEAR TREES OR OTHER TALL OBJECTS AS CLOUD TO GROUND TYPE LIGHTNING WILL SEEK THE TALLEST OBJECT TO GROUND ITSELF. BOATERS ON LAKE MEAD AND LAKE MOHAVE ARE REMINDED THAT STRONG GUSTY W INDS ARE COMMON AROUND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. IF YOU GO OUT ON THE LAKES...BE PREPARED FOR ROUGH WATER. LISTEN TO COMMERCIAL RADIO...TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR UPDATES. EHB/0110Z
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2:34 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Nye | 79 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.