Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2011, 1:12 PM PDT for Inyo County, California. It was in force for 2 hr. 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 6, 2011, 1:12 PM PDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2011, 3:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- 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 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1843 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
994 WGUS55 KVEF 062012 FFWVEF CAC027-062215- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0025.110706T2012Z-110706T2215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 112 PM PDT WED JUL 6 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL INYO COUNTY IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA... * UNTIL 315 PM PDT. * AT 108 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL INYO COUNTY...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF STOVEPIPE WELLS. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT HIGHWAY 190 AND THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE PANAMINT VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REPORT FLOODING BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE OR TWITTER #NWSVEGAS. 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 3631 11699 3624 11722 3643 11731 3652 11713 $$ JS
2 follow-up statements
973 WGUS75 KVEF 062137 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 237 PM PDT WED JUL 6 2011 CAC027-062215- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110706T2215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INYO CA- 237 PM PDT WED JUL 6 2011 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM PDT FOR CENTRAL INYO COUNTY FOR AREAS INCLUDING THE WHITE SAGE WASH AND WILDROSE ROAD... AT 221 PM PDT...STORMS IN THE WARNING AREA HAVE DIMINISHED BUT HEAVY RAIN PRODUCED BY EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO ELEVATED WATER LEVELS IN WASHES AND ALSO WATER CROSSING AREA ROADWAYS THROUGH 330 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WATER WILL CONTINUE IN WASHES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND ON AREA ROADWAYS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY OR WALK THROUGH FLOODWATERS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN! REPORT FLOODING BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE OR TWITTER #NWSVEGAS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF RAPIDLY RISING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED. && LAT...LON 3631 11699 3624 11722 3643 11731 3652 11713 $$ JS
340 WGUS75 KVEF 062211 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 311 PM PDT WED JUL 6 2011 CAC027-062216- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110706T2215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INYO CA- 311 PM PDT WED JUL 6 2011 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM PDT FOR CENTRAL INYO COUNTY ALONG THE EASTERN PANAMINT VALLEY INCLUDING WILDROSE ROAD... THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DIMINISHED IN THE WARNING AREA AND FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTINUE TO IMPACT AREA WASHES AND ROADWAYS THROUGH 5 PM. TRAVELERS AND HIKERS IN AND NEAR THE PANAMINT RANGE SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AS ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. LAT...LON 3631 11699 3624 11722 3643 11731 3652 11713 $$ JS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 11:19 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | San Bernardino | 76 min |
| Jul 5, 11:49 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 116 min |
| Jul 6, 12:04 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 12:15 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 4:40 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 17 hr |
| Jul 6, 12:14 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Inyo | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 12:31 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Inyo | 119 min |
| Jul 6, 1:29 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 4:07 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 4:12 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 4:55 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo | 2 hr |
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.