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Flash Flood Warning 167, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 2012, 5:25 PM PDT for Inyo County, California. It was in force for 2 hr. 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, 5:25 PM PDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2012, 7:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- 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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -273 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 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.
690 WGUS55 KVEF 230025 FFWVEF CAC027-230230- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0167.120823T0025Z-120823T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 525 PM PDT WED AUG 22 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN INYO COUNTY IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA... * UNTIL 730 PM PDT. * AT 519 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN BADWATER ROAD AND HIGHWAY 127...OR 18 MILES WEST OF SHOSHONE. THESE STORMS COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF BADWATER ROAD...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND JUST EAST OF JUBILEE PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BADWATER 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 3617 11695 3618 11627 3592 11616 3585 11676 $$ MORGAN
2 follow-up statements
974 WGUS75 KVEF 230113 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 613 PM PDT WED AUG 22 2012 CAC027-230230- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0167.000000T0000Z-120823T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INYO CA- 613 PM PDT WED AUG 22 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM PDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN INYO COUNTY... AT 610 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS OVER BADWATER ROAD...MAINLY FROM BADWATER TO JUBILEE PASS TO HIGHWAY 127. RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN THIS AREA THROUGH 7 PM...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN FLOODING OF BADWATER ROAD. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BADWATER ROAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN WASHES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND ON AREA ROADWAYS. FLASH FLOODING IS NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLER. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY OR WALK THROUGH FLOODWATERS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN! REPORT FLOODING BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG... NWSVEGAS. && LAT...LON 3617 11695 3618 11627 3592 11616 3585 11676 $$ MORGAN
933 WGUS75 KVEF 230228 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 728 PM PDT WED AUG 22 2012 CAC027-230232- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0167.000000T0000Z-120823T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INYO CA- 728 PM PDT WED AUG 22 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM PDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN INYO COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME. TRAVELERS ALONG STATE ROUTE 127 BETWEEN DEATH VALLEY JUNCTION AND SHOSHONE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR STANDING OR FLOWING WATER ACROSS LOW LYING AREAS OF THE HIGHWAY. LAT...LON 3617 11695 3618 11627 3592 11616 3585 11676 $$ JS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 7:29 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 111 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.