Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2011, 6:18 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 50 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 5, 2011, 6:18 PM MST (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2011, 7:08 PM MST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mohave County, AZ
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 2968 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
384
WGUS55 KVEF 060118
FFWVEF
AZC015-060315-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0021.110706T0118Z-110706T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
618 PM MST TUE JUL 5 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA...
INCLUDING THE CITY OF KINGMAN
* UNTIL 815 PM MST.
* AT 612 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 5 PM FROM
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR AND 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF KINGMAN. THE STORMS
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. GAUGES NEAR
KINGMAN REPORT AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN IN 15 MINUTES
NEAR KINGMAN
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...KINGMAN AND NEW KINGMAN-BUTLER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON AREA ROADWAYS...AROUND UNDERPASSES...
AND IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND LOW LYING AREAS. FLASH FLOODING IS
NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLER. 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 3526 11410 3537 11392 3528 11376 3509 11392
3512 11406 3515 11414
$$
JGG2 follow-up statements
743
WGUS75 KVEF 060132
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
632 PM MST TUE JUL 5 2011
AZC015-060315-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110706T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOHAVE AZ-
632 PM MST TUE JUL 5 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MST FOR
CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY...
AT 627 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR KINGMAN.
RADAR INDICATES AROUND ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 530 PM OVER
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF KINGMAN AND GAUGES IN THE AREA REPORT ONE
QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 615 PM OVER SOUTH
KINGMAN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...KINGMAN AND NEW KINGMAN-BUTLER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON AREA ROADWAYS...AROUND UNDERPASSES...
AND IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND LOW LYING AREAS. FLASH FLOODING IS
NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLER. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY OR
WALK THROUGH FLOODWATERS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN!
REPORT FLOODING BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE OR TWITTER #NWSVEGAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3526 11410 3535 11394 3524 11386 3513 11399
3512 11406 3515 11414
$$
JGG721
WGUS75 KVEF 060208
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
708 PM MST TUE JUL 5 2011
AZC015-060216-
/O.CAN.KVEF.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110706T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOHAVE AZ-
708 PM MST TUE JUL 5 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL MOHAVE
COUNTY...
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE KINGMAN AREA HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS
STORMS HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM THE AREA. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS NO
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES AT THIS TIME. THEREFORE THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OTHER PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY NORTH OF THE KINGMAN AREA...INCLUDING MEADVIEW
AND THE DOLAN SPRINGS AREA.
LAT...LON 3526 11410 3535 11394 3524 11386 3513 11399
3512 11406 3515 11414
$$
JGGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 6:23 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 82 min |
| Jul 5, 11:19 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Mohave | 76 min |
| Jul 5, 11:49 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 116 min |
| Jul 6, 12:04 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 12:15 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 4:40 AM MST | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Mohave | 17 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:39 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.