Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2007, 1:21 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It took effect at Jul 24, 2007, 1:27 PM MST. It was in force for 108 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 2007, 1:21 PM MST (20:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 24, 2007, 1:27 PM MST
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2007, 3:15 PM MST
- In force
- 108 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mohave County, AZ
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 1:40 PM MST | FLASH FLOOD | Peach Springs, AZ | EXCESSIVE STORM RUNOFF CROSSING ROUTE 66 NEAR PEACH SPRINGS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1128 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 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 242027 CCA FFWVEF AZC015-242215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 121 PM MST TUE JUL 24 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA... * UNTIL 315 PM MST. * AT 116 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY AND NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF PEACH SPRINGS. AT 120 PM MST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING JUST TO THE EAST OF PEACH SPRINGS. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT THESE STORMS MAY HAVE PRODUCED UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST HOUR. PERSONS IN THE AREA AND THOSE TRAVELING ALONG STATE ROUTE 66 OR THE PEACH SPRINGS CANYON ROAD MAY ENCOUNTER DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. 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. THIS STATEMENT REPLACES THE FLOOD ADVISORY THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED. LAT...LON 3570 11332 3554 11332 3551 11343 3570 11345 $$ BELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 8:30 PM MST | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Mohave | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 9:01 AM MST | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Mohave | 13 hr |
| Jul 24, 1:21 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 114 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.