Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Las Vegas, NV

Issued

Aug 16, 1996, 2:48 PM PDT (21:48 UTC)

Expired

Aug 16, 1996, 3:45 PM PDT

In force

57 min

Issued by

NWS Las Vegas, NV

Area

Whole counties

County Clark County, NV

000 
TTAA00 KLAS 162151
FFWLAS
NVC003-162245-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
248 PM PDT FRI AUG 16 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTH NEVADA
 
   ...CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY
 
AT 240 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE CITY OF HENDERSON. THE STORM WAS
CENTERED AROUND GREEN VALLEY AND WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...LARGE
HAIL...STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND FLASH FLOODING OF AREA
WASHES AND LOW LYING ROADWAYS.
 
THUS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY INCLUDING THE LAS
VEGAS METROPOLITAN AREA...SPECIFICALLY THE HENDERSON AREA.  THIS
WARNING SUPERCEDES THE PREVIOUS WARNINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IN EFFECT
FOR CLARK COUNTY.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECT^ION 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.
 
SKRBAC

NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 16, 9:05 AM PDT, 5 hours 43 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

Flash Flood Warnings in Nevada, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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