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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2012, 12:53 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. 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
- Jul 15, 2012, 12:53 PM MST (19:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2012, 3:00 PM MST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mohave County, AZ
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1323 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
705
WGUS55 KVEF 151953
FFWVEF
AZC015-152200-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0041.120715T1953Z-120715T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1253 PM MST SUN JUL 15 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 300 PM MST.
* AT 1245 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR BLAKE RANCH RV PARK...OR
12 MILES EAST OF KINGMAN. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS
NEARLY STATIONARY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLAKE RANCH RV PARK.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 60 AND 72.
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 3533 11384 3536 11362 3517 11368 3487 11368
3492 11380 3510 11397
$$
JENSEN2 follow-up statements
407
WGUS75 KVEF 152058
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
158 PM MST SUN JUL 15 2012
AZC015-152200-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-120715T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOHAVE AZ-
158 PM MST SUN JUL 15 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MST FOR
CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY...
AT 150 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF WILD COW CAMPGROUND...OR 19 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF KINGMAN. THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILD COW CAMPGROUND...HUALAPAI MOUNTAIN PARK AND BLAKE RANCH RV PARK.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 60 AND 73.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON AREA ROADWAYS...AROUND UNDERPASSES...
AND IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND LOW LYING AREAS. FLASH FLOODING IS
NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLER. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY OR
WALK THROUGH FLOODWATERS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN!
REPORT FLOODING BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...
NWSVEGAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3533 11384 3536 11362 3517 11368 3487 11368
3492 11380 3510 11397
$$
JENSEN297
WGUS75 KVEF 152156
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
256 PM MST SUN JUL 15 2012
AZC015-152203-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-120715T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOHAVE AZ-
256 PM MST SUN JUL 15 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 300 PM MST FOR CENTRAL
MOHAVE COUNTY...
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER HAVE MOVED OUT
OF THE REGION. THUS WILL ALLOW THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO EXPIRE AS
OF 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON.
ALTHOUGH THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE...TRAVELERS ON
INTERSTATE 40 AND ESPECIALLY ON OLD HIGHWAY 93 SHOULD BE PREPARED
FOR PONDING WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND POSSIBLY WATER FLOWING IN
NORMALLY DRY WASHES INTO THIS EVENING.
LAT...LON 3533 11384 3536 11362 3517 11368 3487 11368
3492 11380 3510 11397
$$
JENSENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 5:10 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:30 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:36 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 114 min |
| Jul 14, 8:20 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 115 min |
| Jul 14, 10:01 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 10:14 AM MST | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Mohave | 11 hr |
| Jul 15, 4:40 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 65 min |
| Jul 15, 4:58 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 92 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.