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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Las Vegas, NV

July 6, 2001Clark County, Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2001, 1:05 PM PDT for Clark 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 outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued: Jul 6, 2001, 1:05 PM PDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2001, 4:00 PM PDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Clark County, NV

The text

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

000 
WGUS55 KVEF 062005
FFWVEF
NVC003-062300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
105 PM PDT FRI JUL 6 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA
  THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS...EAST
  LAS VEGAS...GREEN VALLEY...HENDERSON EXECUTIVE AIRPORT...NELLIS
  AFB...NORTH LAS VEGAS...SLOAN...SPRING VALLEY...SUMMERLIN...THE
  LAKES...THE STRIP

* UNTIL 400 PM PDT

* AT 103 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 3 MILES SOUTH OF HENDERSON
  EXECUTIVE AIRPORT...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...
  NEAR GREEN VALLEY AT 115 PM PDT
  NEAR THE STRIP AT 125 PM PDT
  NEAR DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS AT 145 PM PDT
  NEAR NELLIS AFB AND NORTH LAS VEGAS AT 200 PM PDT

NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OR TWO OF FLOWING WATER TO WASH MOST CARS AWAY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

LAT...LON 3574 11532 3574 11513 3632 11493 3633 11536

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Nevada, 2001 Every flash flood warning in 2001

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.