Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997

Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Las Vegas, NV

May 20, 1997San Bernardino County, California

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at May 20, 1997, 12:15 PM PDT for San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 90 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
May 20, 1997, 12:15 PM PDT (19:15 UTC)
Expired
May 20, 1997, 1:45 PM PDT
In force
90 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 19:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 12:15 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFSan Bernardino90 min
May 20, 1:05 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFSan Bernardino55 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in California, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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.