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Flash Flood Warning 60, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2012, 3:03 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 117 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 24, 2012, 3:03 PM MST (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2012, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mohave County, AZ
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 601 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
016 WGUS55 KVEF 242203 FFWVEF AZC015-250000- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0060.120724T2203Z-120725T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 303 PM MST TUE JUL 24 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA... * UNTIL 500 PM MST. * AT 300 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF DIAMOND CREEK CAMPGROUND...OR 46 MILES NORTHEAST OF KINGMAN...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DIAMOND CREEK ROAD...DIAMOND CREEK CAMPGROUND AND BUCK AND DOE 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 3571 11369 3579 11333 3557 11334 3553 11365 $$ JA
2 follow-up statements
698 WGUS75 KVEF 242254 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 354 PM MST TUE JUL 24 2012 AZC015-250000- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0060.000000T0000Z-120725T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MOHAVE AZ- 354 PM MST TUE JUL 24 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MST FOR CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY... AT 347 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN HAD DISSIPATED OVER THE AREA NORTH OF PEACH SPRINGS INCLUDING BUCK AND DOE AND DIAMOND CREEK ROADS. HOWEVER...UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN WAS ESTIMATED TO HAVE FALLEN AND IN THE WARNING AREA AND ROADS IN THE AREA WILL BE PRONE TO FLOODING. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BUCK AND DOE ROAD AND DIAMOND CREEK ROAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN WASHES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND ON AREA ROADWAYS. FLASH FLOODING IS NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLER. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY OR WALK THROUGH FLOODWATERS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN! REPORT FLOODING BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG... NWSVEGAS. && LAT...LON 3571 11369 3579 11333 3557 11334 3553 11365 $$ JA
412 WGUS75 KVEF 242357 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 457 PM MST TUE JUL 24 2012 AZC015-250007- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0060.000000T0000Z-120725T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MOHAVE AZ- 457 PM MST TUE JUL 24 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM MST FOR CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY... AT 455 PM MST...RADAR INDICATED ONLY LIGHT RAIN OVER BUCK AND DOE AND DIAMOND CREEK ROADS. NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAD BEEN RECEIVED...SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3571 11369 3579 11333 3557 11334 3553 11365 $$ MORGAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 8:40 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Mohave | 110 min |
| Jul 24, 2:05 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 48 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.