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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Las Vegas, NV

February 21, 2005Clark County, Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Feb 21, 2005, 4:45 PM PST 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 as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 21, 2005, 4:45 PM PST (00:45 UTC)
Expired: Feb 21, 2005, 7:45 PM PST
In force: 3 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), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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

000 
WGUS55 KVEF 220047
FFWVEF
NVC003-220345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
445 PM PST MON FEB 21 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS EXTENDED THE

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

* UNTIL 745 PM PST

* DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL HAS BEEN DECREASING OVER
  NORTHWEST LAS VEGAS DURING THE PAST HOUR. HOWEVER...BETWEEN TWO    
  AND TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN TODAY NEAR LONE       
  MOUNTAIN AND THE SPRING MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS LYING TO THE WEST. 
  
  RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING UNTIL 
  745 PM PST. THE WORST FLOODING IS BOUNDED BY CHEYENNE AVENUE       
  ON THE SOUTH AND DECATUR BLVD. ON THE EAST. LOCAL                  
  LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE BARRICADED MANY ROADS BETWEEN       
  FORT APACHE AND BUFFALO ALONG GOWAN AND ALEXANDER ROADS DOWNSTREAM 
  OF THE LONE MOUNTAIN DETENTION BASIN. OTHER TROUBLE SPOTS          
  REPORTED HAVE BEEN ALONG DURANGO NEAR EL CAPITAN. 


REMEMBER AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT 
FOR THE REMAINDER OF CLARK COUNTY UNTIL 4 AM TUESDAY.

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 3620 11542 3620 11523 3632 11522 3633 11532

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PIERCE

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.