Alert archive / Nevada / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2006, 2:46 PM PDT for Lincoln County, Nevada. It was in force for 119 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
- Jul 27, 2006, 2:46 PM PDT (21:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2006, 4:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lincoln County, NV
The radar
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 760 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -260 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2464 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 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 272153 FFWVEF NVC017-272345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 246 PM PDT THU JUL 27 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA... * UNTIL 445 PM PDT. * AT 234 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF HIKO TO 1 MILE NORTH OF BEAVER DAM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BEAVER DAM AND PANACA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3782 11510 3743 11403 3767 11405 3801 11500 $$ RUNK
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KVEF 272230 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 328 PM PDT THU JUL 27 2006 NVC017-272345- LINCOLN NV- 328 PM PDT THU JUL 27 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM PDT FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY... LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BEAVER DAM AND PANACA. RAIN IS TAPERING OFF TEMPORARILY BUT A SECOND AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING TOWARD THE WARNING AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH COULD OCCUR IN SOME LOCATIONS BETWEEN 400 AND 445 PM PDT. IN DESERT TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. LAT...LON 3782 11510 3743 11403 3767 11405 3801 11500 $$ RUNK
000 WGUS75 KVEF 272306 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 404 PM PDT THU JUL 27 2006 NVC017-272314- LINCOLN NV- 404 PM PDT THU JUL 27 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EXCESSIVE RAIN HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DISSIPATED OVER THE WARNING AREA. WHILE SOME AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS STORMS...FLOODING CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. LAT...LON 3782 11510 3743 11403 3767 11405 3801 11500 $$ RUNK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 6:42 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Jul 27, 1:58 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Lincoln | 62 min |
| Jul 27, 2:35 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Nye | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 3:40 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Lincoln | 65 min |
| Jul 27, 4:43 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark, Nye | 62 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Nevada, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006
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.