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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 1996, 5:04 PM PDT for San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 1996, 5:04 PM PDT (00:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 1996, 6:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Whole counties
County San Bernardino County, CA
The radar
The Edwards AFB radar (KEYX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLAS 290005 FFWLAS CAC071-290100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 504 PM PDT SUN JUL 28 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS NV HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM PDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA ...EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AT 500 PM PDT...LAS VEGAS DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG OR JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN LUDLOW ANF ESSEX. MOVEMENT IS EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH ...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAV\Y RAIN. SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING...BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT TRY TO CROSS FLOODED HIGHWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. PIERCE
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.
NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 28, 2:49 PM PDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 2:49 PM PDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
MOJAVE DESERT/SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 245 PM PDT SUN JUL 28 1996 VERY BUSY AT LAS ONCE AGAIN SO WILL KEEP THIS SHORT. VORT MAX MOVG NWD THRU NRN NV ATTM. CU FIELD EXTENSIVE OVR NV ZN8 BUT LTL IF ANY CONVECTION...PSBLY DUE TO NVA BEHIND VORT MAX. DRA 12Z SOUNDING HAD DECENT INVERTED V AND SHARP MODIFIED VALUES OF 2000-3000 J/KG SEEM TO HAVE BEEN REALIZED WITH SVR/FFW OCCURING IN PARTS OF CLARK CO NV. COMBINATION OF STG SFC HEATING...LOW LVL MSTR AND OROGRAPHICS SUFFICIENT FOR CONVECTION TDA AND SEE LTL CHG FOR MON. UPR HIGH BEGINS TO SAG SEWD W/TIME INTO NRN MEX INCRG SWLY FLOW OVR MUCH OF CWA. HOWEVER...LOWER LVLS DO NOT DRY OUT ALL THAT MUCH PER 850/700 MB MIXING RATIO/DWPNT FCSTS SO EXPECT ONLY A SLGT DCR IN CONVECTION ANTICIPATED FOR TUE. LAS 2221. NEMETH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 12:30 PM PDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
NVZ009-CAZ019-282130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1230 PM PDT SUN JUL 28 1996 ...THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING AROUND SOUTHERN NEVADA... AT 1215 PM PDT...LAS VEGAS DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA. THE MOST NOTABLE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 164 BETWEEN NIPTON CALIFORNIA AND SEARCHLIGHT NEVADA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. OTHER STORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN WESTERN CLARK COUNTY OVER THE SPRING MOUNTAINS...IN NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY OVER THE SHEEP RANGE AND OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF MOHAVE COUNTY ARIZONA. MORE STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH FAVORED AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. BOATERS...HIKERS AND OTHER OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE WEATHER AN BE PREPARED TO FIND SHELTER IF A STORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ADAIR
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 12:33 PM PDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
NVZ009-CAZ019-AZZ001>003-282130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1230 PM PDT SUN JUL 28 1996 ...THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING AROUND SOUTHERN NEVADA... AT 1215 PM PDT...LAS VEGAS DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA. THE MOST NOTABLE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 164 BETWEEN NIPTON CALIFORNIA AND SEARCHLIGHT NEVADA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. OTHER STORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN WESTERN CLARK COUNTY OVER THE SPRING MOUNTAINS...IN NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY OVER THE SHEEP RANGE AND OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF MOHAVE COUNTY ARIZONA. MORE STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH FAVORED AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. BOATERS...HIKERS AND OTHER OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE WEATHER AN BE PREPARED TO FIND SHELTER IF A STORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ADAIR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 5:04 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 56 min |
| Jul 28, 6:06 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 59 min |
| Jul 28, 6:06 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 59 min |
| Jul 28, 7:15 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 60 min |
| Jul 28, 7:15 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 60 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in California, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.