Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Las Vegas, NV

Issued

Aug 16, 1996, 2:33 PM MST (21:33 UTC)

Expired

Aug 16, 1996, 3:30 PM MST

In force

57 min

Issued by

NWS Las Vegas, NV

Area

Whole counties

County Mohave County, AZ

000 
TTAA00 KLAS 162134
FFWLAS
AZC015-162230-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
233 PM PDT (233 PM MST) FRI AUG 16 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM PDT (330 PM MST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA
 
   ...WEST CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERIVCE DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 6 TO 8 MILES NORTH OF DOLAN SPRINGS. OUTDOOR
EUTHUSIASTS IN THE AREA SHOULD SEEK SHELTER. SINCE THESE
STORMS HAVE EXHIBITED LITTLE MOVEMENT THUS THE POTENTIAL OF
FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.  THE PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF CHLORIDE
AND DOLAN SPRINGS IN WEST CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN
AWARE OF THESE STORMS.  REMEMBER...FLOODING OF WASHES AND ARROYOS
CAN BE GENERATED FROM A PARENT STORM MILES AWAY.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
CORDERO

NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 16, 9:05 AM MST, 5 hours 28 minutes earlier.

MOJAVE DESERT/SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
900 AM PDT FRI AUG 16 1996

12Z DRA SOUNDING SIMILAR TO YDAS AT 12Z.  INVERTED V TYPE PROFILE
CONDUCIVE TO MICROBURST ACTIVITY WITH ABUNDANT MID LVL MSTR EVIDENT.
SOUNDING MODIFIED FOR AFTERNOON CONDITIONS YIELDED LI TO -5 WITH CAPE
TO 1300.  LIKE YDA...TRW ACTIVITY WL LIKELY GET STARTED OVR THE MTNS.
DVLPMT OF OTHER ACTIVITY DEPENDENT ON INTERACTION OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES.
12Z ETA/NGM DEPICT SIMILAR TIMING AND STRENGTH OF UPR TROF MOVING INTO
THE WRN US OVR THE NXT 48 HRS.  SHOULD HANG ON TO ENOUGH MID LVL MSTR
FOR MAINLY ISOLD...HIR ELEVATION TRWS SATURDAY.  NO CHANGES MADE TO ERY
MORNING ZN PACtKAGE.  LAS --0.  MATUSIEWICZ

In the hours before

NVZ008-009-162155-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1156 AM PDT FRI AUG 16 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHERN NEVADA...

AT 1150 AM...LAS VEGAS DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR AND LIGHTNING DETECTION
CHARTS SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF CLARK...SOUTHERN NYE...AND SOUTHERN LINCOLN
COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN NEVADA.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 40
MILES NORTHEAST OF BEATTY...10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JEAN...AND LESS THAN
5 MILES NORTH OF MT. CHARLESTON.  VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED
WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNLPOURS OF RAIN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TEVEVISION STATIONS
FOR FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION.

MATUSIEWICZ

30 NW LAS VEGAS MC CARRAN NV   1.75 INCH HAIL         08/16/96   CLARK

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