Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Las Vegas, NV

000
WGUS75 KVEF 142327
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
425 PM PDT SAT OCT 14 2006

AZC015-150130-
MOHAVE AZ-
425 PM MST SAT OCT 14 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY...

AT 425 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER 
MUCH OF WESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY...SO 
THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING IS HIGH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BULLHEAD CITY...CHLORIDE...DESERT
HILLS...DOLAN SPRINGS...GOLDEN VALLEY...HUALAPAI PEAK...KINGMAN...
MOHAVE VALLEY...NEW KINGMAN-BUTLER...OATMAN AND YUCCA.

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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LAS
VEGAS.

LAT...LON 3446 11435 3472 11445 3489 11461 3509 11458
      3512 11461 3515 11456 3526 11454 3549 11465
      3571 11463 3585 11366 3438 11384 3432 11386
      3428 11401 3428 11403

$$

MORGAN

000
WGUS75 KVEF 150045
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
543 PM PDT SAT OCT 14 2006

AZC015-150100-
MOHAVE AZ-
543 PM MST SAT OCT 14 2006

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWESTERN MOHAVE
COUNTY...

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD GENERALLY DISSIPATED 
OVER SOUTHWESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND RAIN SHOWERS 
WERE DECREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL 
GRADUALLY TAPER OFF DURING THE EVENING OVER SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY 
FROM DOLAN SPRINGS DOWN TO WIKIEUP AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE-TENTH 
OF AN INCH OR LESS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY SHOWERS THIS EVENING.

MANY SITES ACROSS SOUTHWEST MOHAVE COUNTY REPORTED TWO-THIRDS OF AN 
INCH OR MORE OF RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND WASHES MAY STILL BE 
CARRYING RUNOFF AND PONDING MAY STILL BE OBSERVED IN LOW LYING AREAS 
THROUGH EARLY EVENING. HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING HAS 
ENDED.

LAT...LON 3446 11435 3472 11445 3489 11461 3509 11458
      3512 11461 3515 11456 3526 11454 3549 11465
      3571 11463 3585 11366 3438 11384 3432 11386
      3428 11401 3428 11403

$$

JGA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
329 PM PDT SAT OCT 14 2006

.SYNOPSIS...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR NEEDLES CALIFORNIA WILL
SLOWLY MOVE EAST INTO CENTRAL ARIZONA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW THIS EVENING WILL
DECREASE WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY IN
NORTHWEST ARIZONA. AN AREA OF WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE ACROSS THE
AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY BEFORE ANOTHER LOW BRINGS COOLER
TEMPERATURES... INCREASING WINDS AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO THE
SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN TUESDAY.
&&

.SHORT TERM...ACCORDING TO THE LATEST SATELLITE AND RADAR LOOPS
UPPER LOW NEARING THE TRIPLE POINT OF THE NEVADA/ARIZONA/CALIFORNIA
BORDER NEAR NEEDLES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE 12 HOUR PROGS FROM THE
12Z NAM/GFS DID PLACE THE LOW CENTER NEAR NEEDLES SO THE MODELS HIT
THAT ONE. CURRENTLY...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
OCCURRING NEAR THE LOW CENTER FROM SEARCHLIGHT SOUTH TO LAKE HAVASU
CITY WHILE ANOTHER SHIELD OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS
OVER NORTHEAST CLARK AND NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTIES. A DEFORMATION
ZONE IN THE NORTHWEST QUAD OF THE LOW EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL NYE
COUNTY SOUTHWEST INTO WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. ISOLATED
SHOWERS ARE OCCURRING IN THIS ZONE. NAM/GFS BOTH TAKE LOW CENTER
SLOWLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA TONIGHT WITH LOW CENTER OVER EAST
CENTRAL ARIZONA LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS EVENING SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE UNDER THE COLD POOL ACROSS
SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY WHILE ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE IN
MOISTURE WRAPPING BACK AROUND INTO DEFORMATION ZONE ACROSS SOUTHERN
NEVADA. ON SUNDAY...ISOLATED SHOWERS STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN
MOHAVE COUNTY WHILE SHORTWAVE RIDGE WILL BRING DRIER/SLIGHTLY WARMER
CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE. SHORTWAVE RIDGE STAYS PROGRESSIVE AND MOVES
EAST OF THE REGION MONDAY AS NEXT TROUGH STARTS TO DIG SOUTH OUT OF
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. DID DROP THE TEMPERATURES...INCREASE THE
WINDS AND INTRODUCED SHOWERS TUESDAY AS TROUGH CLIPS THE AREA. WOULD
NOT BE SURPRISED IF TROUGH DIGS FURTHER SOUTH INTO THE MOJAVE DESERT
TUESDAY...AGAIN RIGHT NOW GFS CLIPS THE AREA WITH ANY QPF FORECAST
FOR MOSTLY EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA.

.LONG TERM...THE GFS IS A LITTLE FASTER IN MOVING THE NEXT TROF
THROUGH THE AREA...HAVING PUSHED IT AND ANY ACCOMPANYING PRECIP
THROUGH BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. HAVE KEPT A SPLIT BETWEEN THE GFS AND
THE SLIGHTLY SLOWER ECMWF WITH KEEPING CLOUDS AND COOLER TEMPS IN
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GENERALLY DRY NORTHERLY FLOW OVER THE CWA ON
THURSDAY AS A RIDGE BUILDS IN TO OUR WEST. MODELS ARE CONTINUING TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE REX BLOCK PATTERN ONCE AGAIN FORMING BY FRIDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW AVERAGE FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
WITH A FEW DEGREES OF WARMING POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY ONWARDS AS THE
RIDGE SETS UP TO THE WEST.
&&

.AVIATION...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS ALL ROUTES THROUGH 02Z BEFORE DECREASING FROM THE WEST AND
ENDING AFTER 12Z SUNDAY MOST ROUTES. LOWER CIGS/VSBY IN SHOWERS CAN
BE EXPECTED AND WILL NEED TO MONITOR AS FOG POSSIBLE AFTER 06Z
SUNDAY ESPECIALLY PEACH SPRING/MORMON MESA CORRIDORS. TAFS AND TWEBS
ADEQUATELY DESCRIBE EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR AREA TERMINALS.
SEE TAFS FOR KLAS...KVGT...KDRA... KBIH...KDAG...KEED FOR DETAILS.

AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDED TAFS.
&&

.VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.NV...FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE MUDDY RIVER IN
      NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY
.AZ...NONE.
.CA...NONE.

PIERCE/MOSES

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1206 PM PDT SAT OCT 14 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0430 AM     FLASH FLOOD      WILLOW BEACH            35.87N 114.67W
10/14/2006                   MOHAVE             AZ   AMATEUR RADIO

            RANGER AT WILLOW BEACH REPOTED ALL ROADS WASHED OUT
            LEADING INTO MARINA. SEWER LINES EXPOSED WITH NO POWER
            AND PHONES. ONE VEHICLE WASHED INTO RIVER. ARIZONA HOT
            SPRINGS HAS 39 PEOPLE STRANDED... BOATS AND CAMPERS
            WASHED INTO RIVER.

&&

CSCHLOTT

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1209 PM PDT SAT OCT 14 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1030 AM     FLOOD            4 S OVERTON             36.48N 114.45W
10/14/2006                   CLARK              NV   PARK/FOREST SRVC

            PARK RANGER REPORTS HIGHWAY 169..ST THOMAS ROAD 4 MILES
            SOUTH OF OVERTON HAS 4 FEET OF WATER WITH SWIFT WATER
            RESCUE IN PROGRESS.

&&

CSCHLOTT