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Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Sep 2, 1997, 6:43 PM PDT for San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 77 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 2, 1997, 6:43 PM PDT (01:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 1997, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 77 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Whole counties
County San Bernardino County, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLAS 030148 FFWLAS CAC071-027-030300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 643 PM PDT TUE SEP 2 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS NV HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM PDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA ...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY ...SOUTHWESTERN INYO COUNTY THIS EXTENDS AND SUPERCEDES THE WARNINGS ISSUED EARLIER FOR WEST CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND FOR NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO AND SOUTHWEST INYO COUNTIES. AT 640 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...SCATTERED ACROSS THE HIGH DESERT COUNTRY OF SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FOUR CORNERS...AND 25 MILES NORTH OF BARSTOW. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 10-15 MPH AND HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINS. A SPOTTER IN APPLE VALLEY REPORTED WINDS GUSTING TO 62 MPH AT 604 PM. AT 627 PM...SPOTTERS IN BARSTOW REPORTED WINDS GUSTING TO 70 MPH AND DIME-SIZED HAIL. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM NUMEROUS LOCATIONS WITH SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND WASHES. RUNK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 5:28 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 5:28 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 5:28 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Inyo | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 5:28 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 5:49 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 56 min |
| Sep 2, 6:43 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo | 77 min |
| Sep 2, 6:43 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Inyo | 77 min |
| Sep 2, 6:43 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 77 min |
| Sep 3, 12:10 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 2:25 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 65 min |
| Sep 3, 2:25 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 65 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.