Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Las Vegas, NV

Issued

Nov 22, 1996, 4:10 PM MST (23:10 UTC)

Expired

Nov 22, 1996, 5:15 PM MST

In force

65 min

Issued by

NWS Las Vegas, NV

Area

Whole counties

County Mohave County, AZ

000 
TTAA00 KLAS 222313
FFWLAS
AZC015-230015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
310 PM PST (410 PM MST) FRI NOV 22 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM PST (515 PM MST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA
 
   ...EASTERN MOHAVE COUNTY
 
AT 3 PM...LAS VEGAS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG HIGHWAY 66 FIFTEEN MILES NORTHEAST OF KINGMAN AND 10 MILES WEST
OF KINGMAN.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.  SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
BRIEFLY TOUGHCING THE GROUND WITH THESE STORMS.  FLASH FLOODING
HAS ALSO BEEN OBSERVED WITH WASHES FLOODING NEAR GOLDEN VALLEY
NORTHWEST OF KINGMAN.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
8FOR YOUR PROTECTION 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.
 
KOSIER

NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Nov 22, 3:46 PM MST, 24 minutes earlier.

MOJAVE DESERT/SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
235 PM PST FRI NOV 22 1996

STEEP LAPSE RATES AND GOOD VERT SHEAR HAS RESULTED IN SOME STG
CNVTN THIS MRNG AND EARLY AFTN OVR PARTS OF SRN NV AND NW AZ.
HAD SOME REPORTS OF SMALL HAIL EARLIER AND MESO WAS TRIGGERED ON
STM W OF LAUGHLIN WHERE ROTN WAS ENHCD BY PROXIMITY OF SFC FNTL
ZONE.  A FEW STG TSTMS STILL DVLPG IN CNTRL MOHAVE COUNTY ALG NOSE
OF MID LVL DRY PROD WHERE MESO-ETA DEPICTS CAPES OF 1000-1500 J/KG.
NEW DVLPMT ALSO BEING GENERATED ACRS LINCOLN COUNTY NV WHERE STG
DFRNTL PVA OVRSPRDS H7 CNVRGC ZONE.  NXT UPSTRM VORT CNTR DIVING
TWD BASE OF TROF NOT EXPCD TO PRODUCE MUCH OF A PCPN THREAT ACRS
CWA SINCE MOST OF THE DEEP MSTR HAS BEEN SWEPT E AND UVV WILL BE
CONFINED TO A FAIRLY SHALLOW LYR ONCE IT CROSSES THE SIERRA CREST.
LOTS OF RAIN WATER WAS LAID DOWN OVR LAST 24HRS IN SRN NV BUT
DRAINAGE WNDS SHD BE STEADY ENUF TO KEEP LO-LVL MSTR MXD OUT AND
PREVENT FOG EXCPT PSBLY IN PAHRUMP AND MOAPA VALLEYS.  TREND WILL
BE FOR GEN IMPRVMT NXT COUPLE DAYS AS HGTS RISE.  RESPONSE OF THKNS
WILL BE SOMEWHAT SLOWER SO NOT LOOKING FOR BIG WARMUP OVR WEEKEND.
DONT SEE CHC FOR MORE PCPN IN XTDD BEFORE TUE/WED.
LAS 0000.  RUNK

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