Flash Flood Warning 148, NWS Las Vegas, NV

Issued

Aug 22, 2012, 9:45 AM PDT (16:45 UTC)

Expired

Aug 22, 2012, 11:45 AM PDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Las Vegas, NV

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County San Bernardino County, CA

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

410 
WGUS55 KVEF 221645
FFWVEF
CAC071-221845-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0148.120822T1645Z-120822T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
945 AM PDT WED AUG 22 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...

* UNTIL 1145 AM PDT.

* AT 940 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO 
  COUNTY...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BAKER. WATER FROM THESE STORMS 
  WILL DRAIN TO KELBAKER ROAD SOUTHEAST OF BAKER...LIKELY FLOODING 
  THE ROAD.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KELBAKER ROAD.

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 3528 11603 3529 11584 3513 11577 3513 11599

$$

MORGAN

558 
WGUS75 KVEF 221734
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1034 AM PDT WED AUG 22 2012

CAC071-221845-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0148.000000T0000Z-120822T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SAN BERNARDINO CA-
1034 AM PDT WED AUG 22 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM PDT FOR
CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...

AT 1031 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT RAIN WAS ENDING OVER THE KELBAKER ROAD AREA. HOWEVER...VERY 
HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN INTO THE WASHES...AND THIS WATER WILL CONTINUE 
TO FLOW THROUGH THE WASHES AND POSSIBLY OVER THE ROAD THROUGH 1145 
AM PDT.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KELBAKER ROAD.

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 3528 11603 3529 11584 3513 11577 3513 11599

$$

MORGAN

537 
WGUS75 KVEF 221836
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1136 AM PDT WED AUG 22 2012

CAC071-221845-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0148.000000T0000Z-120822T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SAN BERNARDINO CA-
1136 AM PDT WED AUG 22 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1145 AM PDT FOR CENTRAL SAN
BERNARDINO COUNTY...

AT 1135 AM PDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT RAIN HAD ENDED OVER KELBAKER 
ROAD. NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAD BEEN RECEIVED...SO THE FLASH FLOOD 
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3528 11603 3529 11584 3513 11577 3513 11599

$$

MORGAN

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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.