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Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS Las Vegas, NV

September 3, 1997Lincoln County, Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Sep 3, 1997, 8:52 AM PDT for Lincoln County, Nevada. It was in force for 3 hr. 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 3, 1997, 8:52 AM PDT (15:52 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 1997, 12:00 PM PDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area
Whole counties

County Lincoln County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Mercury/Desert R, NV (KDRA), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 151 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Mercury/Desert R, NV at 12:00Z on 1997-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Mercury/Desert R, NV at 12:00Z on 1997-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1037 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLAS 031555
FFWLAS
NVC017-031900-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
852 AM PDT WED SEP 3 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA
 
   ...LINCOLN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CALIENTE...PIOCHE...
      PANACA...RACHEL AND URSINE
 
AT 850 AM...SATALLITE AND RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN CURRENTLY MOVING INTO SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY.
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN CLARK COUNTY.
IN ADDITION...DUE TO HEAVY RAINS IN RECENT WEEKS IT WILL TAKE VERY
LITTLE TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.
 
MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEST AT 15 MPH.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT.  IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.  CAMPERS SHOULD
AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.
 
KOSIER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 5:03 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFClark57 min
Sep 2, 6:02 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFClark58 min
Sep 2, 6:07 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFNye68 min
Sep 2, 7:15 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEFNye2 hr
Sep 2, 9:16 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEFNye119 min
Sep 3, 7:01 AM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEFClark59 min
Sep 3, 7:01 AM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFClark59 min
Sep 3, 8:14 AM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEFClark2 hr
Sep 3, 12:10 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEFClark, Nye2 hr
Sep 3, 1:52 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEFClark, Nye3 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.