Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Las Vegas, NV

Issued

Sep 2, 1997, 3:25 PM MST (22:25 UTC)

Expired

Sep 2, 1997, 5:15 PM MST

In force

110 min

Issued by

NWS Las Vegas, NV

Area

Whole counties

County Mohave County, AZ

000 
TTAA00 KLAS 022227
FFWLAS
AZC015-030015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
325 PM PDT TUE SEP 02 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS NV HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA

  ...CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY

THIS WARNING REPLACES AND UPGRADES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING ISSUED EARLIER.

AT 325 PM MST/PDT...LAS VEGAS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM EAST KINGMAN TO HUALAPAI PEAK.  THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 T0 20 MPH. 

A SPOTTER IN KINGMAN REPORTED DIME-SIZED HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING
TO 51 MPH AT 314 PM.  MODERATE RAIN WAS FALLING AT THE KINGMAN
AIRPORT AS WELL.

ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS THE SAME AREA
DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS...RESULTING IN STRONG POTENTIAL FOR
FLASH FLOODING AND CONTINUED SEVERE WEATHER.  RADAR AND
SATELLITE ESTIMATES SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCAL RAINFALL
TOTALS EXCEEDING 2 INCHES.  HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE
STRONGER STORMS.

RUNK

NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 2, 2:07 PM MST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

MOJAVE DESERT/SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
205 PM PDT TUE SEP 2 1997

RADAR AND STLT BOTH INDICATE MOST OF FCST AREA CONVECTION-FREE WITH
EXCEPTION OF ERN SLOPES OF SIERRA NEVADA.  SEVERAL FACTORS LIKELY
INHIBITING T-STORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON.  TEMPS AT 21Z STILL
ONLY IN LOWER 80S OVER SRN NV WHICH IS STILL WELL BELOW CONVECTIVE
TEMPS.  RAINFALL FROM LAST NIGHT ALSO LIKELY STABILIZED LOWER
LAYERS TO SOME DEGREE AND CAPPING INVERSION AT 6OO MB ALSO A
FACTOR.  WITH ALL THAT SAID...WILL TRIM PRECIP CHANCE A CATEGORY OR
TWO FOR TONIGHT INTO ISOLD OR SCT.  ALL MDLS SHOW LITTLE CHG FOR
THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH FCST AREA REMAINING UNDER A MOIST SOUTHEAST
FLOW WITH UNSTBL CONDS CONTINUING WITH FCST LI VALUES IN THE 0 TO
-2 CATEGORY.  THEREFORE...WILL CONTINUE BROAD-BRUSH APPROACH WITH
SCT POPS FOR MOST AREAS THROUGH THU.  LONGER RANGE MDLS CONTINUE TO
BRING TROUGH ALONG WEST COAST OVER THE WEEKEND WHICH SHOULD BRING A
DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW THEREBY CUTTING OFF T-STORMS CHANCES.
LAS 2332. KOSIER

SRN NV...NONE
ERN CA...NONE
NW AZ ...NONE

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

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