Alert archive / Nevada / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2012, 6:36 PM PDT for Lincoln County, Nevada. It was in force for 114 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
- Jul 16, 2012, 6:36 PM PDT (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2012, 8:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 114 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lincoln County, NV
The radar
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4029 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
429 WGUS55 KVEF 170136 FFWVEF NVC017-170330- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0052.120717T0136Z-120717T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 636 PM PDT MON JUL 16 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA... * UNTIL 830 PM PDT. * AT 629 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR PIOCHE. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. WATER WAS FLOWING FROM CURB TO CURB AND UP OVER THE SIDEWALKS ON THE MAIN STREET IN PIOCH. WATER WAS ENTERING SOME BUSINESSES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PIOCHE AND HIGHWAY 93 AND OTHER ROADWAYS IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA. 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 3803 11456 3803 11434 3784 11434 3784 11456 $$ JH
2 follow-up statements
419 WGUS75 KVEF 170226 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 726 PM PDT MON JUL 16 2012 NVC017-170330- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-120717T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LINCOLN NV- 726 PM PDT MON JUL 16 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM PDT FOR EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 721 PM PDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA. THE FIRST STORM WAS OVER THE PATTERSON WASH NORTHEAST OF PIOCHE. THE SECOND STORM WAS JUST WEST OF PIOCHE. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST. NO OTHER STORMS WERE APPROACHING THE AREA AS OF 721 PM SO RAINFALL MAY BE OVER BY 8 PM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PIOCHE...HIGHWAY 93...ROUTE 322 AND OTHER ROADWAYS IN THE PIOCHE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON AREA ROADWAYS...AROUND UNDERPASSES... AND IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND LOW LYING AREAS. FLASH FLOODING IS NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLER. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY OR WALK THROUGH FLOODWATERS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN! REPORT FLOODING BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG... NWSVEGAS. && LAT...LON 3803 11456 3803 11434 3784 11434 3784 11456 $$ JH
559 WGUS75 KVEF 170323 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 823 PM PDT MON JUL 16 2012 NVC017-170331- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-120717T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LINCOLN NV- 823 PM PDT MON JUL 16 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM PDT FOR EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY... THERE HAS BEEN NO RAINFALL WITHN THE WARNING AREA SINCE ABOUT 8 PM. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT. ANY FLOODING WHICH OCCURRED SHOULD RECEDE. LAT...LON 3803 11456 3803 11434 3784 11434 3784 11456 $$ JH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 5:59 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Lincoln | 46 min |
| Jul 16, 6:11 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Lincoln | 26 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.