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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Las Vegas, NV

July 6, 2001San Bernardino County, California

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2001, 4:54 PM PDT for San Bernardino County, California. 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, 4:54 PM PDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2001, 7:45 PM PDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County San Bernardino County, CA

The text

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

000 
WGUS55 KVEF 062355
FFWVEF
CAC071-070245-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...VIDAL JUNCTION

* UNTIL 745 PM PDT

* AT 449 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VIDAL
  JUNCTION...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF
NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AS WELL AS STATE ROUTE 62 BETWEEN
VIDAL JUNCTION AND RICE AND U.S HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN VIDAL JUNCTION
AND THE SAN BERNARDINO/RIVERSIDE COUTNY LINE AND MANY RURAL ROADS
WITH DRAINAGE INTO VIDAL WASH.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY
FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT AND 7SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3412 11502 3412 11455 3456 11463 3457 11504

PIERCE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 1:59 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	VEF	San Bernardino	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in California, 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.