Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Las Vegas, NV

Issued

Jul 13, 2012, 8:00 PM PDT (03:00 UTC)

Expired

Jul 13, 2012, 9:01 PM PDT

In force

61 min

Issued by

NWS Las Vegas, NV

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County San Bernardino County, CA

The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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679 
WGUS55 KVEF 140300
FFWVEF
CAC071-140500-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0016.120714T0300Z-120714T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
800 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM PDT.

* AT 750 PM PDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING  
  FROM HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ALONG HIGHWAY 62 IN SAN BERNARDINO        
  COUNTY. WITH ADDITIONAL RUNOFF OCCURRING...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE  
  IN THIS AREA. BE ALERT BETWEEN YUCCA VALLEY AND MILE MARKER 109    
  WHICH IS EAST OF TWENTYNINE PALMS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TWENTYNINE PALMS...TWENTYNINE PALMS MCAS AND JOSHUA TREE LAKE
  CAMPGROUND.

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 3411 11655 3413 11649 3418 11645 3430 11646
      3426 11488 3407 11490 3412 11553 3408 11555
      3409 11561 3404 11560 3404 11600 3412 11606
      3412 11626 3408 11627 3408 11644 3404 11646
      3402 11658

$$

STACHELSKI

918 
WGUS75 KVEF 140401
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
901 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012

CAC071-140408-
/O.CAN.KVEF.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120714T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SAN BERNARDINO CA-
901 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SAN
BERNARDINO COUNTY...

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DISSIPATED AND OR MOVED NORTH OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS NO LONGER EXPECTED.

TRAVELERS THROUGH THE NIGHT SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION HOWEVER 
AS WATER IS ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. USE EXTREME 
CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING LOW WATER CROSSINGS AS NORMALLY DRY WASHES 
MAY CONTAIN FLOWING WATER AND PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS 
WILL LIKELY BE ENCOUNTERED THROUGH THE NIGHT.

LAT...LON 3411 11655 3413 11649 3418 11645 3430 11646
      3426 11488 3407 11490 3412 11553 3408 11555
      3409 11561 3404 11560 3404 11600 3412 11606
      3412 11626 3408 11627 3408 11644 3404 11646
      3402 11658

$$

JENSEN

Flash Flood Warnings in California, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012

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.