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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Sep 6, 1996, 2:06 PM PDT for San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 69 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
- Sep 6, 1996, 2:06 PM PDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 1996, 3:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 69 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 21:06 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 062110 FFWLAS AZC015-CAC071-NVC003-062215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 206 PM PDT (206 PM MST) FRI SEP 6 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM PDT (315 PM MST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA ...WESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA ...EXTREME EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA ...SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF NEEDLES CA...SEARCHLIGHT AND LAUGHLIN NV...BULLHEAD CITY AND TOPOCK AZ... AT 2OO PM PDT (MST)...LAS VEGAS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS: ONE WAS 11 MILES SOUTH OF SEARCHLIGHT NEVADA...AND A SECOND WAS 5 MILES WEST OF NEEDLES CALIFORNIA. BOTH OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EASTNORTHEAST AT 10-15 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOURN HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. RUNK
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 Sep 6, 8:59 AM PDT, 5 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 8:59 AM PDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
MOJAVE DESERT/SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 858 AM PDT FRI SEP 6 1996 PRBLMS W/SUPER COMPUTER BACK E THANKS TO T.S FRAN...SO MDLS DLAD. ALSO LOCAL PRBLM WITH NTRANS SO 12Z RUC UNAVBL. WX WISE...88D DETECTG A FEW SHWRS/TSTMS ALNG NV/AZ BRDR XNTND E INTO NW AZ AHD OF S/WV OVR SRN GRT BASIN THIS MRNG. LAST NGTS MDLS DEPICT SVRL WK IMPULSES WL CONT TO ROTATE THRU TROF LTR THIS AFTN/TNGT AND SAT WHICH AGN COULD ENHANCE CONVECTION OVR ERN HLF OF CWA WHERE LOW LVL MSTR WL RMN PLENTIFUL. FCST WORDED THAT WAY ATTM AND ONLY MINOR CHGS MADE. LAS 111. PIERCE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 2:06 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 69 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.