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Flash Flood Warning 150, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 2012, 10:05 AM PDT for Esmeralda County, Nevada. It was in force for 76 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
- Aug 22, 2012, 10:05 AM PDT (17:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2012, 11:21 AM PDT
- In force
- 76 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Esmeralda County, NV
The radar
The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 243 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 3295 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
652 WGUS55 KVEF 221705 FFWVEF NVC009-221900- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0150.120822T1705Z-120822T1900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1005 AM PDT WED AUG 22 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ESMERALDA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA... * UNTIL NOON PDT. * AT 957 AM PDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF LIDA...OR BETWEEN ALKALI AND SILVERPEAK. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS MOVING NORTH AROUND 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SILVER PEAK. 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 3786 11760 3782 11725 3732 11726 3742 11768 $$ ASG
2 follow-up statements
201 WGUS75 KVEF 221739 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1039 AM PDT WED AUG 22 2012 NVC009-221900- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0150.000000T0000Z-120822T1900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ESMERALDA NV- 1039 AM PDT WED AUG 22 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT FOR CENTRAL ESMERALDA COUNTY... AT 1031 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF LIDA...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SILVER PEAK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN WASHES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND ON AREA ROADWAYS. FLASH FLOODING IS NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLER. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY OR WALK THROUGH FLOODWATERS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN! REPORT FLOODING BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG... NWSVEGAS. && LAT...LON 3786 11760 3782 11725 3732 11726 3742 11768 $$ ASG
650 WGUS75 KVEF 221821 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1121 AM PDT WED AUG 22 2012 NVC009-221831- /O.CAN.KVEF.FF.W.0150.000000T0000Z-120822T1900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ESMERALDA NV- 1121 AM PDT WED AUG 22 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL ESMERALDA COUNTY... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS MOVED NORTH OF THE AREA. ADDITIONAL RUNOFF MAY STILL CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. LAT...LON 3786 11760 3782 11725 3732 11726 3742 11768 $$ ASG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 6:10 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark, Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 6:47 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Lincoln | 118 min |
| Aug 22, 12:12 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 2 hr |
| Aug 22, 2:35 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 115 min |
| Aug 22, 8:22 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 9 hr |
| Aug 22, 9:19 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark, Lincoln, Nye | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 9:20 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 101 min |
| Aug 22, 9:34 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 116 min |
| Aug 22, 9:59 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 59 min |
| Aug 22, 10:53 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 4 hr |
| Aug 22, 12:12 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 4 hr |
| Aug 22, 12:33 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 117 min |
| Aug 22, 2:40 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 6 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:43 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Nevada, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012
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.