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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Las Vegas, NV

July 19, 20084 counties in Nevada; Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California; Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood watch at Jul 19, 2008, 9:42 PM PDT for 4 counties in Nevada; Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California; Mohave County, Arizona. It took effect at Jul 20, 2008, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 19, 2008, 9:42 PM PDT (04:42 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 20, 2008, 11:00 AM PDT
Expired: Jul 20, 2008, 9:00 PM PDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Las Vegas, NV
Flood severity: None

Counties Mohave County, AZ, Inyo County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, Clark County, NV, Esmeralda County, NV, Lincoln County, NV, Nye County, NV

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jul 19, 3:21 PM PDT, 6 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 3:21 PM PDT, 6 hours 21 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 20, 9:14 AM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	VEF		3 hr
Jul 20, 9:49 AM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	VEF	Clark	3 hr
Jul 20, 11:47 AM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	VEF	Clark, Nye	110 min
Jul 20, 2:14 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	VEF	Lincoln	2 hr
Jul 20, 3:17 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	VEF	Lincoln	118 min
Jul 20, 4:41 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	VEF	Lincoln	2 hr
Jul 20, 2:02 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	VEF	San Bernardino	3 hr
Jul 20, 3:14 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	VEF	San Bernardino	2 hr
Jul 20, 9:27 AM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	VEF	Mohave	2 hr
Jul 20, 1:08 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	VEF		112 min
Jul 20, 2:06 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	VEF	Mohave	114 min

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.