Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 219, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Oct 11, 2012, 7:28 PM PDT for Inyo County, California. It was in force for 92 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
- Oct 11, 2012, 7:28 PM PDT (02:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 11, 2012, 9:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 92 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 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 305 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1141 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
608
WGUS55 KVEF 120228
FFWVEF
CAC027-120400-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0219.121012T0228Z-121012T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
728 PM PDT THU OCT 11 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL INYO COUNTY IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA...
* UNTIL 900 PM PDT.
* AT 715 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STOVEPIPE
WELLS...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FURNACE CREEK. THE STORM PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STOVEPIPE WELLS. IN ADDITION...HIGHWAY 190 BETWEEN STOVEPIPE WELLS
AND PANAMINT SPRINGS IS INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING.
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 3630 11729 3645 11737 3664 11721 3666 11712
3658 11697 3642 11685 3623 11701
$$
JENSEN2 follow-up statements
659
WGUS75 KVEF 120313
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
813 PM PDT THU OCT 11 2012
CAC027-120400-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0219.000000T0000Z-121012T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
INYO CA-
813 PM PDT THU OCT 11 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM PDT FOR
CENTRAL INYO COUNTY...
AT 802 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES
THAT THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.
HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER RAINFALL IS STILL LIKELY MOVING
THROUGH THE REGION. THUS WILL CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STOVEPIPE WELLS. IN ADDITION...HIGHWAY 190 BETWEEN STOVEPIPE WELLS
AND PANAMINT SPRINGS IS INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN WASHES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND ON
AREA ROADWAYS. FLASH FLOODING IS NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLER. TO ESCAPE
RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED
ROADWAY OR WALK THROUGH FLOODWATERS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN!
REPORT FLOODING BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...
NWSVEGAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3630 11729 3645 11737 3664 11721 3666 11712
3658 11697 3642 11685 3623 11701
$$
JENSEN723
WGUS75 KVEF 120356
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
856 PM PDT THU OCT 11 2012
CAC027-120401-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0219.000000T0000Z-121012T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
INYO CA-
856 PM PDT THU OCT 11 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM PDT FOR CENTRAL INYO
COUNTY...
ALTHOUGH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT...HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT BEING
EXPERIENCED AT THIS TIME. THUS WILL ALLOW THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO
EXPIRE AS OF 900 PM PDT.
HOWEVER PERSONS TRAVELING THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PORTION
OF DEATH VALLEY TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 190 BETWEEN
STOVEPIPE WELLS AND PANAMINT SPRINGS AND ALSO SOUTH TO THE FURNACE
CREEK AREA SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION TONIGHT. FLOWING WATER WILL
LIKELY BE SEEN IN THE NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ACROSS LOW WATER
CROSSINGS WHILE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY TO BE
ENCOUNTERED.
LAT...LON 3630 11729 3645 11737 3664 11721 3666 11712
3658 11697 3642 11685 3623 11701
$$
JENSENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 5:02 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo | 88 min |
| Oct 11, 5:25 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo | 95 min |
| Oct 11, 5:25 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Inyo | 35 min |
| Oct 11, 5:52 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Inyo | 53 min |
| Oct 11, 6:47 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Inyo | 12 min |
| Oct 11, 8:35 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 115 min |
| Oct 12, 12:03 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo | 87 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.