Alert archive / Nevada / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2012, 3:01 PM PDT for Lincoln County, Nevada. It was in force for 6 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, 3:01 PM PDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2012, 9:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lincoln County, NV
The radar
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 335 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1353 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
710 WGUS55 KVEF 152201 FFWVEF NVC017-160100- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0045.120715T2201Z-120716T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 301 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA... * UNTIL 600 PM PDT. * AT 250 PM PDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR CALIENTE. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PANACA...CATHEDRAL GORGE STATE PARK AND THE ENTRANCE TO BEAVER DAM STATE PARK. 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 3787 11475 3787 11432 3749 11434 3751 11476 $$ STACHELSKI
3 follow-up statements
828 WGUS55 KVEF 160054 FFWVEF NVC017-160400- /O.EXT.KVEF.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120716T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 554 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA... * UNTIL 900 PM PDT. * AT 550 PM PDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGHWAY 93 WAS CLOSED AT CALIENTE SUMMIT DUE TO FLASH FLOODING AND THAT PART OF THE ROAD TO BEAVER DAM STATE PARK WAS WASHED OUT. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH AND WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF A HALF AN INCH. THIS WILL WORSEN ANY EARLIER FLASH FLOODING AND ALSO COULD RESULT IN NEW FLASH FLOODING. HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 76 AND 114 WILL BE ONE OF THE AREAS IMPACTED BY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PANACA AND CATHEDRAL GORGE STATE PARK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN WASHES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND ON AREA ROADWAYS. FLASH FLOODING IS NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLER. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY OR WALK THROUGH FLOODWATERS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN! REPORT FLOODING BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG... NWSVEGAS. && LAT...LON 3787 11475 3787 11432 3749 11434 3751 11476 $$ STACHELSKI
922 WGUS75 KVEF 160254 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 754 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 NVC017-160400- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120716T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LINCOLN NV- 754 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM PDT FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 749 PM PDT....RADAR INDICATED SOME LIGHT RAIN STILL IN THE AREA. IN ADDITION...SOME RUNOFF COULD STILL BE OCCURRING FROM EARLIER RAIN. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PANACA AND CATHEDRAL GORGE STATE PARK AND HIGHWAY 93. 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 3787 11475 3787 11432 3749 11434 3751 11476 $$ JH
001 WGUS75 KVEF 160354 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 854 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 NVC017-160403- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120716T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LINCOLN NV- 854 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM PDT FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY... THERE HAS BEEN NO RAINFALL IN THE WARNING AREA FOR AWHILE AND NO RECENT REPORTS OF NEW FLASH FLOODING. ANY FLOODING FROM EARLIER IN THE DAY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RECEDING. LAT...LON 3787 11475 3787 11432 3749 11434 3751 11476 $$ JH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 6:02 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 116 min |
| Jul 14, 8:41 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 16 min |
| Jul 14, 8:56 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 109 min |
| Jul 15, 10:14 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Clark, Lincoln, Nye | 11 hr |
| Jul 15, 10:30 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Lincoln | 4 hr |
| Jul 15, 1:12 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 1:24 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Nye | 4 hr |
| Jul 15, 1:58 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Lincoln | 82 min |
| Jul 15, 2:16 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 44 min |
| Jul 15, 2:41 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 4:40 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 65 min |
| Jul 15, 4:58 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 92 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Nevada, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012
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.