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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2011, 4:07 PM PDT for Inyo County, California. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 2011, 4:07 PM PDT (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2011, 7:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Inyo County, CA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 5:30 PM PDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Se Furnace Creek, CA | THE PARK SERVICE REPORTED 20 MULE CANYON ROAD WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. THE START TIME OF THIS EVENT IS AN ESTIMATE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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.
048 WGUS55 KVEF 062307 FFWVEF CAC027-070200- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0029.110706T2307Z-110707T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 407 PM PDT WED JUL 6 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL INYO COUNTY IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA... * UNTIL 700 PM PDT. * AT 403 PM PDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF TEXAS SPRINGS CAMPGROUND TO 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FURNACE CREEK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF FURNACE CREEK TO 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FURNACE CREEK. THE STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. THE ROAD TO DANTES VIEW WAS REPORTED TO BE CLOSED. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FURNACE CREEK AND TEXAS SPRINGS CAMPGROUND. 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 3664 11675 3619 11646 3611 11675 3659 11697 $$ JH
2 follow-up statements
200 WGUS75 KVEF 070016 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 516 PM PDT WED JUL 6 2011 CAC027-070200- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110707T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INYO CA- 516 PM PDT WED JUL 6 2011 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM PDT FOR EAST CENTRAL INYO COUNTY... AT 509 PM PDT...LIGHT RAIN WAS STILL FALLING ALONG STATE ROUTE 190 AND THE DANTES VIEW AREA. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED ROAD CLOSURES IN THESE AREAS DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN EARLIER REMAINS LIKELY THROUGH 700 PM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FURNACE CREEK AND TEXAS SPRINGS CAMPGROUND AND DANTES VIEW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN WASHES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND ON AREA ROADWAYS. FLASH FLOODING IS NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLER. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY OR WALK THROUGH FLOODWATERS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN! REPORT FLOODING BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE OR TWITTER #NWSVEGAS. && LAT...LON 3664 11675 3619 11646 3611 11675 3659 11697 $$ JH
748 WGUS75 KVEF 070157 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 657 PM PDT WED JUL 6 2011 CAC027-070205- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110707T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INYO CA- 657 PM PDT WED JUL 6 2011 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM PDT FOR EAST CENTRAL INYO COUNTY... HEAVY RAIN HAS NOT FALLEN IN THE WARNING AREA FOR QUITE AWHILE AND EARLIER FLOODING SHOULD HAVE SUBSIDED. NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS IMMINENT. LAT...LON 3664 11675 3619 11646 3611 11675 3659 11697 $$ JH
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, 1:12 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:29 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo | 2 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 |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.