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Flash Flood Warning 161, NWS Las Vegas, NV

August 22, 2012Inyo County, California

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 2012, 1:47 PM PDT for Inyo County, California. It was in force for 36 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, 1:47 PM PDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2012, 2:23 PM PDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Inyo County, CA

The nearest sounding before it

Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 199 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Las Vegas, NV at 12:00Z on 2012-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 296 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Las Vegas, NV at 12:00Z on 2012-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
296 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1290 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

805 
WGUS55 KVEF 222047
FFWVEF
CAC027-222245-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0161.120822T2047Z-120822T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL INYO COUNTY IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA...

* UNTIL 345 PM PDT.

* AT 143 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL INYO COUNTY...OR
  13 MILES NORTHEAST OF OLANCHA. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 
  RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH...AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF 
  HIGHWAY 190 EAST OF HIGHWAY 136.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HIGHWAY 190.

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 3644 11781 3637 11767 3627 11768 3632 11786

$$

MORGAN
1 follow-up statement
531 
WGUS75 KVEF 222123
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
223 PM PDT WED AUG 22 2012

CAC027-222132-
/O.CAN.KVEF.FF.W.0161.000000T0000Z-120822T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
INYO CA-
223 PM PDT WED AUG 22 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL INYO
COUNTY...

AT 221 PM PDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED AWAY FROM 
HIGHWAY 190 SOUTHEAST OF KEELER. NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAD BEEN 
RECEIVED FROM THIS AREA...SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3644 11781 3637 11767 3627 11768 3632 11786

$$

MORGAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 7:57 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFSan Bernardino48 min
Aug 22, 3:53 AM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEFInyo3 hr
Aug 22, 9:19 AM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEFInyo, San Bernardino3 hr
Aug 22, 9:34 AM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEFInyo, San Bernardino116 min
Aug 22, 9:45 AM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEFSan Bernardino2 hr
Aug 22, 10:05 AM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFSan Bernardino25 min
Aug 22, 10:45 AM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEFSan Bernardino2 hr
Aug 22, 10:49 AM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEFSan Bernardino116 min
Aug 22, 11:27 AM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFSan Bernardino48 min
Aug 22, 11:30 AM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEFSan Bernardino56 min
Aug 22, 11:50 AM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEFSan Bernardino54 min
Aug 22, 11:58 AM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEFSan Bernardino2 hr
Aug 22, 1:03 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEFSan Bernardino87 min
Aug 22, 1:42 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEFSan Bernardino3 hr
Aug 22, 1:50 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEFSan Bernardino115 min
Aug 22, 1:55 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEFSan Bernardino3 hr
Aug 22, 2:57 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEFInyo2 hr
Aug 22, 3:55 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEFInyo65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.