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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood watch at Aug 4, 2008, 4:05 AM PDT for Clark County, Nevada; San Bernardino County, California; Mohave County, Arizona. It took effect at Aug 4, 2008, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 4, 2008, 4:05 AM PDT (11:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 4, 2008, 12:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2008, 9:06 PM PDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Mohave County, AZ, San Bernardino County, CA, Clark County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:58 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 Aug 3, 9:28 PM PDT, 6 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 9:28 PM PDT, 6 hours 37 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 624 AM PDT SUN AUG 3 2008 AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014>022-040700- 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- 624 AM PDT SUN AUG 3 2008 /624 AM MST SUN AUG 3 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA...SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MOISTURE INCREASING FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WILL LEAD TO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY OVER THE AREA SOUTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 15. THE PROBABILITY OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW FOR THE REST OF THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY DEEPER MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL PUSH NORTH INTO THE ENTIRE REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY BRINGING INCREASING THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WHICH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 3, 10:41 PM PDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 5:57 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 12:35 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark, Lincoln, Nye | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:10 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark, Nye | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:52 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark, Nye | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:29 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark, Lincoln, Nye | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:45 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark, Nye | 69 min |
| Aug 3, 5:11 PM PDT | Tornado Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 18 min |
| Aug 3, 5:32 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | San Bernardino | 88 min |
| Aug 4, 11:59 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 1:14 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | San Bernardino | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 1:44 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 1:57 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:05 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | San Bernardino | 115 min |
| Aug 4, 3:27 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 48 min |
| Aug 4, 3:58 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 6:36 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | 114 min | |
| Aug 4, 2:28 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Nevada, 2008Flash Flood Watches in California, 2008Flash Flood Watches in Arizona, 2008Every flash flood watch in 2008
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.