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Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Las Vegas, NV

August 14, 2005Clark County, Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 14, 2005, 4:02 PM PDT for Clark County, Nevada. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 14, 2005, 4:02 PM PDT (23:02 UTC)
Expired: Aug 14, 2005, 8:00 PM PDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clark County, NV

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 14, 7:07 PM PDT	FLASH FLOOD	Las Vegas (Downtown), NV	SERENE AND EASTERN...FIRE DEPT REPORTED SWIFT WATER RESCUE...TWO GIRLS PLAYING IN WASH WERE RESCUED. PART OF SERENE WASHED OUT.
Aug 14, 7:07 PM PDT	FLASH FLOOD	Red Rock Canyon, NV	RED ROCK VISITOR CENTER 1.34 INCHES OF RAIN...DIME SIZE HAIL...FLOODING OF ROADS...

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The text

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

000 
WGUS55 KVEF 142305
FFWVEF
NVC003-150300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
402 PM PDT SUN AUG 14 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA

* UNTIL 800 PM PDT(800 PM MST)

* AT 359 PM PDT(359 PM MST)...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS   
  REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL IN HENDERSON. 
  SEVERAL STREETS ARE FLOODING FROM THE EASTERN TO VALLEY VERDE 
  ...GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 215 IN HENDERSON. ALSO A STRONG 
  THUNDERSTORM DROPPED HEAVY RAIN IN THE RED ROCK CANYON AREA...AND 
  FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG THE RED ROCK LOOP ROAD INSIDE THE PARK.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
  HENDERSON...LAS VEGAS...AND RED ROCK CANYON.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3589 11552 3592 11490 3613 11491 3651 11531
      3648 11557

$$

BAILEY

1 follow-up statement

000
WGUS75 KVEF 150031
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
528 PM PDT SUN AUG 14 2005

NVC003-150300-
CLARK NV-
528 PM PDT SUN AUG 14 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM PDT(800 PM MST) FOR
CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY...

AT 523 PM PDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 
FLOODING HAS SUBSIDED SOMEWHAT OVER THE LAST HOUR...BUT SOME STREET 
FLOODING REMAINS IN THE HENDERSON AREA.

LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HENDERSON AND RED ROCK 
CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3589 11552 3592 11490 3613 11491 3651 11531
      3648 11557

$$

BAILEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 14, 2:57 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	Clark	48 min
Aug 14, 3:41 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	Clark	49 min
Aug 14, 3:53 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	VEF	Lincoln	3 hr
Aug 14, 4:28 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	VEF	Clark	3 hr
Aug 14, 4:35 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	Clark	35 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; local storm reports from the same archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.