Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Las Vegas, NV

797 
WGUS75 KVEF 201948
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1248 PM MST MON JUL 20 2009

AZC015-NVC003-202045-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090720T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOHAVE AZ-CLARK NV-
1248 PM MST MON JUL 20 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM MST/145 PM
PDT/ FOR EAST CENTRAL CLARK AND CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTIES...

AT 1246 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 
AREA. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT JUST OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 
DURING THE PAST HOUR ALONG PIERCE FERRY ROAD BETWEEN ANTARES ROAD 
AND MEADVIEW.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MEADVIEW

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3601 11429 3606 11389 3567 11381 3562 11415

$$

ASG

149 
WGUS75 KVEF 202040
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
140 PM MST MON JUL 20 2009

AZC015-NVC003-202047-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090720T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOHAVE AZ-CLARK NV-
140 PM MST MON JUL 20 2009

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 145 PM MST/145 PM PDT/ FOR
EAST CENTRAL CLARK AND CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTIES...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED WITH ONLY 
LIGHT SHOWERS IN THE AREA. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN DOLAN SPRINGS 
REPORTED MODERATE FLOODING ALONG PIERCE FERRY ROAD AND STOCKTON ROAD 
IN THE VICINITY OF RED LAKE...HOWEVER THE ROAD IS PASSABLE.

LAT...LON 3601 11429 3606 11389 3567 11381 3562 11415

$$

ASG

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1133 AM PDT MON JUL 20 2009

.SYNOPSIS...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION
THROUGH THE WEEK LEADING TO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING MAINLY
EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WEAK DISTURBANCE MAY HELP ENHANCE
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA
TODAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH MID WEEK AS A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE MAINTAINS ITS
HOLD.
&&

.UPDATE...CONVECTION NORTH OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY CONTINUES TO
SLOWLY DRIFT SOUTHWARD...AND IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE LAS VEGAS
VALLEY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AS OF THIS WRITING...AND INITIAL
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY HAS PUSHED ACROSS THE VALLEY GUSTING UP TO 25
MPH...BUT STRONGER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS
AS THESE STORMS GET CLOSER. MODEL SOUNDINGS AND VALUES BASED ON
CURRENT OBS INDICATE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF POTENTIAL ENERGY FOR
STORM DEVELOPMENT AT AND SOUTH OF LAS VEGAS...SO STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS SOUTHERN CLARK...EASTERN SAN
BERNARDINO...AND MOHAVE COUNTIES...AS OUTFLOWS FROM CURRENT STORMS
TO THE NORTH SERVE AS A TRIGGER FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT. LAPSE RATES AND
MOISTURE ALOFT ARE IDEAL TODAY FOR HAIL GROWTH...SO HAIL WILL BE A
CONCERN WITH ALL THUNDERSTORMS....AS WELL AS FLASH FLOODING TO TO
SLOW STORM MOTION.
-KENNEDY-

&&

.AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF THE
AREA CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARDS KLAS...WITH AN INITIAL OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY ALREADY THROUGH THE VALLEY AS OF THIS WRITING...TURNING
WINDS TO THE NORTH. BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
BE OVER THE VALLEY.  AN AWW FOR TSTMS AND WIND GUSTS OVER 35KTS HAS
BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 1930Z...BUT MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED IF SOUTHWARD
PROPAGATION OF STORMS SLOWS DOWN FURTHER. LATER IN THE
AFTERNOON...CONVECTION SHOULD HAVE INITIATED ELSEWHERE...SO ALL
APPROACH CORRIDORS WILL BE AFFECTED BY TSTMS. THE MORMON MESA AND
PEACH SPRINGS CORRIDORS WILL HAVE THE GREATEST THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THANKS TO A MINOR SHORTWAVE OVER THE
AREA KEEPING CONVECTION RUNNING WELL INTO THE EVENING.

FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...AWAY FROM ANY TSTMS WINDS WILL MAINLY BE DIURNAL IN
DIRECTION THROUGH TONIGHT. SCATTERED TSTMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY
ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE MAIN THREAT IN AND NEAR STORMS BEING GUSTY
AND ERRATIC WINDS. STORMS SHOULD WIND DOWN BETWEEN 03Z AND 06Z
TUESDAY. -KENNEDY-

&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...FROM 415 AM PDT...THE OVERALL PATTERN WILL ONLY
SEE SUBTLE DAY-TO-DAY CHANGES THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS THE RIDGE AXIS
REMAINS OVER THE AREA AND MOISTURE RECIRCULATES. BOTH THE NAM AND
GFS SOLUTIONS SHOW A WEAK VORT MAX HANGING AROUND SOUTHERN NEVADA
AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA TODAY WHICH APPEARS TO BE LEFT FROM THE
INVERTED TROUGH WHICH PUSHED UP FROM SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA ON SUNDAY.
THIS MAY HELP ENHANCE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT TODAY. THE 500 MB
STREAMLINES OFF BOTH THE NAM AND GFS INDICATE THE CENTER OF THE
ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION BECOMES MORE ORGANIZED OVER THE CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA COAST BY THIS EVENING THEN MIGRATES NEAR NORTHERN INYO
COUNTY TUESDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO A NORTHERLY STEERING FLOW TODAY
THEN NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN NEVADA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THIS IS FAVORABLE FOR DIRECTING CONVECTION FROM LINCOLN COUNTY DOWN
INTO NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY. WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON
THIS TUESDAY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING SINCE THIS PATTERN HAS
HISTORICALLY PRODUCED SEVERE STORMS FOR CLARK COUNTY. THE HIGH
PRESSURE CENTER THEN MIGRATES INTO CENTRAL NEVADA WEDNESDAY FOR
CONTINUED EAST TO NORTHEAST FLOW OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA.
TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY REMAIN A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL BUT OF
COURSE WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY INFLUENCED BY ANY THUNDERSTORMS.
&&

.LONG TERM...IN THE BIG PICTURE THINGS BASICALLY STAY THE SAME
THROUGH THE EXTENDED - A RIDGE IN THE WEST AND A TROUGH IN THE EAST.
THE MAIN ISSUE ON THURSDAY IS HOW MUCH DRYING TAKES PLACE ACROSS THE
AREA AS AN UPPER LOW MOVES INTO THE PAC NW. MOISTURE-WISE THAT DAY
WE WILL BASICALLY BE WORKING WITH WHATEVER IS ALREADY IN PLACE
ACROSS THE AREA. FOR NOW A BROADBRUSH SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE FAVORED HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE NORTH...THE SPRING MOUNTAINS
AND MOHAVE COUNTY LOOKS REASONABLE.

FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY LOOKS INTERESTING AND POTENTIALLY ACTIVE AS
BOTH THE OPERATIONAL RUNS OF THE ECMWF AND GFS CONTINUE TO SHOW A
PUSH OF MOISTURE ADVANCING NORTHWARD AROUND THE UPPER RIDGE WHICH IS
SHOWN TO BECOME CENTERED NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION - A FAVORED
SPOT TO ALLOW MOISTURE TO COME ON INTO OUR AREA. AN EXPANDING
THETA-E RIDGE INTO UTAH AND 850 MB DEWPOINTS APPROACHING +8C AND
PWATS OVER AN INCH INTO THE SOUTHERN MOJAVE DESERT COMBINED WITH
INCREASING INSTABILITY ALL SUPPORT WIDESPREAD SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR
BOTH AFTERNOONS EVEN IN THE VALLEYS FROM I-15 SOUTHWARD. IF ONE
COULD TRUST THE SMALLER DETAILS SHOWN SUCH AS A RIPPLE IN THE 500 MB
HEIGHTS INDICATIVE OF SOME SORT OF INVERTED TROUGH CROSSING
THROUGH...THIS WOULD FURTHER POINT TO A POTENTIALLY ACTIVE DAY WITH
A FEATURE TO DRIVE CONVECTION INTO THE NIGHT - MOST LIKELY FRIDAY
NIGHT. TEMPWISE MODELS CAME IN MUCH COOLER ESPECIALLY FOR FRIDAY AND
OPTED TO HALF STEP AND JUST GO WITH A BLEND FOR NOW. BUT IF IT IS
VERY ACTIVE CONVECTION-WISE THE CURRENT HIGHS ARE STILL WAY TOO WARM.

SUNDAY AND BEYOND THE MODELS DIVERGE WITH HOW THEY HANDLE THE UPPER
LOW OVER THE PAC NW WHICH EITHER CUTS OFF AND REMAINS THERE OR IS
LONG GONE TO THE EAST. THE MAIN IMPACT ON THAT WOULD BE ON HOW MUCH
DRYING TAKES PLACE IN THE NORTHERN CWFA. OTHERWISE IT LOOKS LIKE WE
GO BACK INTO RECYCLING WHATEVER MOISTURE IS AROUND WITH TYPICAL
AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. HIGH TEMPS
WILL GENERALLY BE A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
&&

.CLIMATE...THROUGH JULY 19TH THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT MCCARRAN
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS BEEN AT LEAST 80 DEGREES OR BETTER EACH
DAY MAKING IT THE 23RD DAY IN A ROW WITH SUCH A LOW TEMPERATURE
MAKING IT THE SECOND LONGEST STRETCH OF 80 DEGREE OR BETTER LOW
TEMPERATURES ON RECORD. THE RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH A LOW
TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES OR BETTER IS A 24 DAY STRETCH THAT STARTED
ON JUNE 29 2007. GIVEN THE CURRENT WEATHER PATTERN THERE IS A VERY
GOOD CHANCE WE COULD BREAK THAT RECORD.
&&

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

ADAIR/STACHELSKI

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
540 AM PDT MON JUL 20 2009

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014>022-210700-
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-
540 AM PDT MON JUL 20 2009 /540 AM MST MON JUL 20 2009/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A DISTURBANCE OVER SOUTHERN NEVADA WILL ENHANCE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT ACROSS CLARK...LINCOLN AND MOHAVE COUNTIES THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE MAIN HAZARD WITH THESE STORMS
ASIDE FROM LIGHTNING WILL BE GUSTY WINDS OVER 45 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE WEEK
ALLOWING FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY ACROSS
THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED BUT THERE IS A SLIGHT
POSSIBILITY THAT INFORMAL ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IF THUNDERSTORM
COVERAGE RAPIDLY INCREASES. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

JA