Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2011, 5:57 PM PDT for Inyo County, California. It was in force for 3 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 7, 2011, 5:57 PM PDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2011, 9:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 3 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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2858 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
301 WGUS55 KVEF 080057 FFWVEF CAC027-080400- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0039.110708T0057Z-110708T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 557 PM PDT THU JUL 7 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL INYO COUNTY IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA... * UNTIL 900 PM PDT. * AT 553 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MESQUITE SPRINGS CAMPGROUND...OR 31 MILES SOUTH OF LIDA. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...MESQUITE SPRINGS CAMPGROUND AND SCOTTYS CASTLE ALONG WITH DEATH VALLEY ROAD...RACETRACK VALLEY ROAD AND NORTH HIGHWAY SOUTH OF SCOTTYS CASTLE. 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 3701 11762 3715 11741 3687 11705 3671 11730 $$ JH
2 follow-up statements
612 WGUS75 KVEF 080240 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 740 PM PDT THU JUL 7 2011 CAC027-080400- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-110708T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INYO CA- 740 PM PDT THU JUL 7 2011 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM PDT FOR CENTRAL INYO COUNTY... AT 735 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA NEAR MESQUITE SPRINGS CAMPGROUND AND SCOTTYS CASTLE...OR 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF STOVEPIPE WELLS. THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...MESQUITE SPRINGS CAMPGROUND AND SCOTTYS CASTLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN WASHES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND ON AREA ROADWAYS. FLASH FLOODING IS NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLER. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY OR WALK THROUGH FLOODWATERS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN! REPORT FLOODING BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE OR TWITTER #NWSVEGAS. && LAT...LON 3701 11762 3715 11741 3687 11705 3671 11730 $$ JH
912 WGUS75 KVEF 080353 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 853 PM PDT THU JUL 7 2011 CAC027-080401- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-110708T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INYO CA- 853 PM PDT THU JUL 7 2011 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM PDT FOR CENTRAL INYO COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA AROUND SCOTTYS CASTLE AND THE MESQUITE SPRINGS CAMPGROUND. ANY FLOODING WHICH MAY HAVE OCCURRED IN THIS AREA AND ALONG DEATH VALLEY ROAD SHOULD BE SUBSIDING. THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING HAS ENDED. LAT...LON 3701 11762 3715 11741 3687 11705 3671 11730 $$ JH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 6:05 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | San Bernardino | 56 min |
| Jul 8, 1:24 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:26 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 79 min |
| Jul 8, 3:10 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:32 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Inyo | 118 min |
| Jul 8, 3:35 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 66 min |
| Jul 8, 4:18 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Inyo | 117 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.