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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Las Vegas, NV

August 22, 2000Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 2000, 6:30 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Aug 22, 2000, 6:30 PM MST (01:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2000, 7:30 PM MST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Mohave County, AZ

The nearest sounding before it

Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 00:00Z on 2000-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 00:00Z on 2000-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2191 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS55 KVEF 230129
FFWVEF
AZC015-230330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
630 PM MST TUE AUG 22 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA

* UNTIL 830 PM MST

* AT 625 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN
  DURING THE PAST TWO HOURS OVER THE MUSIC MOUNTAINS TO THE
  NORTHEAST OF VALENTINE. THIS HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY PRODUCING FLASH
  FLOODING IN THE WASHES THAT DESCEND FROM THESE MOUNTAINS. NEW
  STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH 830 PM MST.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF WASHES
AND NARROW CANYONS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND
MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.

LAT...LON 3535 11366 3535 11352 3555 11352 3556 11365

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 6:15 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningVEFMohave60 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

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.