Alert archive / Nevada / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 2012, 7:14 PM PDT for Lincoln County, Nevada. It was in force for 104 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 12, 2012, 7:14 PM PDT (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2012, 8:58 PM PDT
- In force
- 104 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lincoln County, NV
The radar
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 4004 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
618
WGUS55 KVEF 130214
FFWVEF
NVC017-130415-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0001.120713T0214Z-120713T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
714 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA...
* UNTIL 915 PM PDT.
* AT 707 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEAVER DAM
STATE PARK...OR 19 MILES EAST OF CALIENTE. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CALIENTE AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 93 FROM MILE MARKER 89 THROUGH
MILE MARKER 107..
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 BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...
NWSVEGAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3751 11453 3764 11461 3780 11452 3771 11406
3737 11406
$$
JENSEN2 follow-up statements
613
WGUS75 KVEF 130313
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
813 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2012
NVC017-130415-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120713T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN NV-
813 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM PDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...
AT 803 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND PLENTY OF
LIGHTNING FROM NEAR CALIENTE...EAST TO NEAR THE NEVADA / UTAH
BORDER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE WEST.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CALIENTE AND KERSHAW-RYAN CAMPGROUND AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY
93 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS MILE MARKER 89 AND 107.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON AREA ROADWAYS...AROUND UNDERPASSES...
AND IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND LOW LYING AREAS. FLASH FLOODING IS
NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLER. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY OR
WALK THROUGH FLOODWATERS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN!
REPORT FLOODING BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...
NWSVEGAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3751 11453 3764 11461 3780 11452 3771 11406
3737 11406
$$
JENSEN544
WGUS75 KVEF 130358
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
858 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2012
NVC017-130404-
/O.CAN.KVEF.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120713T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN NV-
858 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL
LINCOLN COUNTY...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER LINCOLN COUNTY...HOWEVER THE
STORMS WHICH WERE OVER THE EAST CENTRAL PORTION HAVE MOVED WEST AND
DECREASED. ALTHOUGH LOCAL PONDING OF WATER OR FLOWING WATER IN
NORMALLY DRY WASHES MAY BEEN SEEN THROUGH THE NIGHT...ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINFALL IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE EAST CENTRAL PORTION OF LINCOLN COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3751 11453 3764 11461 3780 11452 3771 11406
3737 11406
$$
JENSENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 3:38 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 112 min |
| Jul 13, 4:24 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 41 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.