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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Las Vegas, NV

July 28, 1997San Bernardino County, California

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 1997, 1:05 AM PDT for San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 55 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: Jul 28, 1997, 1:05 AM PDT (08:05 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 1997, 2:00 AM PDT
In force: 55 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 280809 COR
FFWLAS
CAC071-280900-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
105 AM PDT MON JUL 28 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS NV HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA

  ...NORTHEASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY

AT 100 AM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NORTHEASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.  ONE STORM WAS LOCATED
5 MILES SOUTH OF BAKER AND ANOTHER STORM WAS 15 MILES NORTH OF
BAKER ALONG STATE ROUTE 127.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH-
NORTHWEST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE BAKER AREA BY 120 AM WITH
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE HAIL.  THE SECOND STORM WILL AFFECT
THE SILURIAN VALLEY ALONG ROUTE 127 UNTIL 200 AM AND HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING DUE TO EARLIER RAINS OVER
THIS AREA.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS AT NIGHT.

ADAIR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 28, 1:05 AM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	San Bernardino	55 min

Nearby

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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.