Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS Las Vegas, NV

000
WGUS75 KVEF 082322
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
422 PM PDT FRI AUG 8 2008

AZC015-090015-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0056.000000T0000Z-080809T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOHAVE AZ-
422 PM MST FRI AUG 8 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MST FOR
CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY...

AT 413 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ABOUT 10 MILES 
NORTH OF MEADVIEW. RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM IS LIKELY TO AFFECT THE 
COTTONWOOD WASH...BLACK WASH...AND PIGEON WASH WHICH FLOW INTO THE 
NORTHERN AREAS OF LAKE MEAD. 

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE 
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME 
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR 
CREEKS.

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. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. SEVERAL INCHES OF SWIFTLY
FLOWING WATER CAN CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

LAT...LON 3651 11404 3651 11383 3617 11384 3617 11402

$$

ASG

000
WGUS75 KVEF 082347
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
447 PM PDT FRI AUG 8 2008

AZC015-082355-
/O.CAN.KVEF.FF.W.0056.000000T0000Z-080809T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOHAVE AZ-
447 PM MST FRI AUG 8 2008

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

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS WEAKENED AND 
MOVED TO THE EAST. THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY 
REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING. LIGHT RAIN IS STILL EXPECTED TO FALL 
THROUGH 530 PM...BUT THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED.

LAT...LON 3651 11404 3651 11383 3617 11384 3617 11402

$$

ASG

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
321 PM PDT FRI AUG 8 2008

.SYNOPSIS...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL REMAIN OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA THROUGH SATURDAY RESULTING IN
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. A DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW IS
FORECAST TO DEVELOP BY THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEKEND AND CONTINUE
INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH THUNDERSTORMS CONFINED TO PRIMARILY
NORTHWEST ARIZONA.
&&

.SHORT TERM...LOOKING AT SATELLITE AND RADAR...MODELS DOING A PRETTY
GOOD JOB DEPICTING THE DRY AND STABLE AREA VERSUS THE MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE DIVIDING LINE RUNNING FROM
NORTHEAST LINCOLN COUNTY DOWN TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE LAS VEGAS
VALLEY AND BACK TO JUST EAST OF BARSTOW. WENT WITH ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF
THAT LINE. LEFT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SPRING
MOUNTAINS AND LAS VEGAS VALLEY THIS EVENING AS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES
COULD TRIGGER A STRAY THUNDERSTORM A BIT WEST OF THE CURRENT
BOUNDARY. MODELS INDICATED THAT DIVIDING LINE WILL BE FAIRLY CLOSE
TO THE SAME LOCATION SATURDAY BEFORE DRIER AIR PUSHES FARTHER EAST
LATER IN THE WEEKEND.

.LONG TERM...THE MAJORITY OF MEDIUM RANGE MODELS FORECAST A WESTERLY
FLOW ALOFT OVER THE CWA MONDAY. THIS SHOULD KEEP MOISTURE SUPPRESSED
TO THE SOUTH AND LEAVE THE AREA WITH MINIMAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES.
LEFT THE INHERITED POP GRID ALONE THAT INDICATES A SLIGHT CHANCE
OVER SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY. TUESDAY AND BEYOND...THE GFS/ECMWF AND
ENSEMBLE MEAN FORECAST HIGH PRESSURE EAST OF THE AREA WHICH RETURNS
A SOUTHERLY FLOW TO THE REGION. THIS COULD BRING THUNDERSTORMS BACK
TO THE AREA BEGINNING IN MOHAVE COUNTY. MODEL MOISTURE PARAMETERS
SUPPORT THIS 1/2 INCH PWS AND 12 DEGREE CELSIUS 850 DPTS OVER MOHAVE
COUNTY. TEMPERATURES WERE ADJUSTED DOWNWARD SLIGHTLY IN ANTICIPATION
OF INCREASING MOISTURE AND CLOUD COVER FROM TUESDAY ONWARD.
&&

.AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...WINDS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY OUT OF THE
SOUTH AND OCCASIONALLY GUSTY THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON.
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM STORMS SOUTHEAST OF LAS VEGAS ARE PUSHING
THE STRONGER WINDS TO THE NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE AIRPORT BUT WEAKER
SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE REACHING THE AIRPORT FROM TIME TO TIME. THE
SOUTHWEST FLOW SHOULD BECOME DOMINANT AS THE AFTERNOON WEARS ON.
ISOLATED STORMS COULD STILL IMPACT THE MORMON MESA CORRIDOR THIS
AFTERNOON BUT GREATER COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE PEACH
SPRING CORRIDOR. AN ISOLATED TSTORM IS POSSIBLE AGAIN SATURDAY
AFTERNOON WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS OF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY...
ERRATIC WINDS.

FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN EAST AND
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 15 THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF THE STORMS NEAR KDAG. STORMS MAY PUSH FURTHER WEST ON
SATURDAY WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN AND
GUSTY...ERRATIC WNDS. MOSTLY CLEAR CONDITIONS OVER THE WEST WITH
PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS CENTRAL AND EAST TONIGHT. INCREASING CLOUDS
AREA WIDE SATURDAY.
&&

.VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NV...NONE.
AZ...NONE.
CA...NONE.
&&

HARRISON/SALMEN

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
557 AM PDT FRI AUG 8 2008

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014>022-090400-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-
OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY-
NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-
SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
557 AM PDT FRI AUG 8 2008 /557 AM MST FRI AUG 8 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
ARIZONA...CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL LEAD TO ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE
EXPECTED OVER GENERALLY THE SAME AREA AS THURSDAY...MAINLY
SOUTHEAST NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE
ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE DIMINISHES FROM WEST TO EAST SATURDAY INTO
SUNDAY AS DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPS. HOWEVER A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHWEST ARIZONA THROUGH
THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
216 PM PDT FRI AUG 08 2008

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

0145 PM     FLOOD            1 NNE PEACH SPRINGS     35.54N 113.42W
08/08/2008                   MOHAVE             AZ   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DIAMOND CREEK ROAD LOCATED NORTH OF PEACH SPRINGS IS
            CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

&&

LINDAMAN