Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 2011, 5:46 PM PDT for Inyo County, California. It was in force for 119 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 2011, 5:46 PM PDT (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2011, 7:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Inyo County, CA
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
560 WGUS55 KVEF 050046 FFWVEF CAC027-050245- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0010.110705T0046Z-110705T0245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 546 PM PDT MON JUL 4 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL INYO COUNTY IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA... * UNTIL 745 PM PDT. * AT 539 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL INYO COUNTY...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF STOVEPIPE WELLS. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * A STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER AND NEAR THE PANAMINT MOUNTAINS IN DEATH VALLEY. STATE ROUTE 190 BETWEEN STOVEPIPE WELLS AND PANAMINT SPRINGS IS PARTICULARLY VUNERABLE TO FLASH FLOODING FROM THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN WASHES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND ON AREA ROADWAYS. FLASH FLOODING IS NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLER. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY OR WALK THROUGH FLOODWATERS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN! REPORT FLOODING BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE OR TWITTER #NWSVEGAS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF RAPIDLY RISING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED. && LAT...LON 3655 11732 3657 11714 3635 11713 3639 11741 $$ JJ
2 follow-up statements
971 WGUS75 KVEF 050144 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 644 PM PDT MON JUL 4 2011 CAC027-050245- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110705T0245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INYO CA- 644 PM PDT MON JUL 4 2011 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM PDT FOR CENTRAL INYO COUNTY... AT 626 PM PDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED TWO TO THREE FEET OF WATER OVER STATE ROUTE 190 AT MILE MAKER 79. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED OVER THE PANAMINT MOUNTAINS AND ARE NEARLY STATIONARY. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN ARE WEAKENING BUT THE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 745 PM THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING ON STATE ROUTE 160. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN WASHES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND ON AREA ROADWAYS. FLASH FLOODING IS NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLER. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY OR WALK THROUGH FLOODWATERS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN! REPORT FLOODING BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE OR TWITTER #NWSVEGAS. && LAT...LON 3655 11732 3657 11714 3635 11713 3639 11741 $$ JJ
835 WGUS75 KVEF 050243 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 743 PM PDT MON JUL 4 2011 CAC027-050252- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110705T0245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INYO CA- 743 PM PDT MON JUL 4 2011 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM PDT FOR CENTRAL INYO COUNTY... CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED AT 659 PM THAT THE WATER LEVEL ON STATE ROUTE 190 WAS DROPPING AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR HAS INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE PANAMINT RANGE HAS WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3655 11732 3657 11714 3635 11713 3639 11741 $$ STACHELSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 6:52 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo | 113 min |
| Jul 5, 1:37 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 113 min |
| Jul 5, 1:48 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:01 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 33 min |
| Jul 5, 2:06 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.