Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2005, 5:45 AM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 90 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2005, 5:45 AM MST (12:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2005, 7:15 AM MST
- In force
- 90 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Mohave County, AZ
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Mercury/Desert R, NV (KDRA), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 213 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 629 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1765 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS55 KVEF 031246 FFWVEF AZC015-031415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 545 AM PDT WED AUG 3 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA * UNTIL 715 AM MST * AT 534 AM MST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING WAS STILL OCCURRING FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT DUMPED HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT AROUND THE BULLHEAD CITY AREA. THE STORMS HAD DISSIPATED AND LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER... FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR AND AFFECT SEVERAL ROADS AROUND BULLHEAD CITY EARLY THIS MORNING. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3508 11457 3507 11441 3525 11440 3524 11455 $$ JGA
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS75 KVEF 031401 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 652 AM PDT WED AUG 3 2005 AZC015-031402- MOHAVE AZ- 700 AM PDT WED AUG 3 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ENDED OVER THE BULLHEAD CITY AREA BEFORE 6 AM AND RUNOFF HAS BEEN RECEDING AND THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS ENDED. THE MOHAVE VALLEY HIGHWAY HAD REOPENED HOWEVER A FEW OTHER SECONDARY ROADS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED AND ROAD CREWS WILL BE MAKING REPAIRS THIS MORNING. MOTORISTS TRAVELING AROUND THE BULLHEAD CITY AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES DUE TO ROAD CLOSURES OR WATER AND DEBRIS POSSIBLY MAKING ROADS IMPASSABLE THIS MORNING. LAT...LON 3508 11457 3507 11441 3525 11440 3524 11455 $$ JGA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 5:04 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 5:34 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 1:07 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 3:44 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 2 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.