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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2011, 3:10 PM PDT for Inyo County, California. It was in force for 2 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 8, 2011, 3:10 PM PDT (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2011, 5:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 2 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 8, 4:10 PM PDT | FLASH FLOOD | Panamint Springs, CA | CHP REPORTS FLOODING ON STATE ROUTE 190 JUST WEST OF PANAMINT VALLEY ROAD. UNKNOWN NUMBER OF PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR VEHICLES STANDING ON HIGH GROUND. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Edwards AFB, CA (KEDW), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 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
- 88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -352 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2258 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
377 WGUS55 KVEF 082210 FFWVEF CAC027-090015- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0045.110708T2210Z-110709T0015Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 310 PM PDT FRI JUL 8 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL INYO COUNTY IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA... * UNTIL 515 PM PDT. * AT 257 PM PDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM WITH WATER AND MUD FLOWING ACROSS HIGHWAY 190 JUSTE EAST OF DARWIN ROAD. THE STORM PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 190 BETWEEN OLANCHA AND PANAMINT SPRINGS AND PANAMINT VALLEY ROAD SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 190. 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. 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 3643 11784 3652 11731 3603 11711 3600 11771 $$ JS
2 follow-up statements
226 WGUS75 KVEF 082327 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 427 PM PDT FRI JUL 8 2011 CAC027-090015- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110709T0015Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INYO CA- 427 PM PDT FRI JUL 8 2011 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM PDT FOR CENTRAL INYO COUNTY... AT 420 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORMS WERE LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF PANAMINT SPRINGS...OR 28 MILES EAST OF OLANCHA. THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...PANAMINT SPRINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN WASHES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND ON AREA ROADWAYS. FLASH FLOODING IS NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLER. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY OR WALK THROUGH FLOODWATERS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN! REPORT FLOODING BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE OR TWITTER #NWSVEGAS. && LAT...LON 3643 11784 3652 11731 3603 11711 3600 11771 $$ JH
420 WGUS75 KVEF 090027 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 527 PM PDT FRI JUL 8 2011 CAC027-090032- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110709T0015Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INYO CA- 527 PM PDT FRI JUL 8 2011 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR CENTRAL INYO COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE DIMINISHED AND FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT ELEVATED WATER LEVELS IN AREA WASHES ARE CONTINUING TO CAUSE GENERAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ON ROADWAYS. LAT...LON 3643 11784 3652 11731 3603 11711 3600 11771 $$ JS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 5:57 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo | 3 hr |
| 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, 3:32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.