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Flash Flood Warning 119, NWS Las Vegas, NV

July 28, 2013Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2013, 4:11 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 94 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 28, 2013, 4:11 PM MST (23:11 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2013, 5:45 PM MST
In force: 94 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), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 311 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1878 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

979 
WGUS55 KVEF 282311
FFWVEF
AZC015-290045-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0119.130728T2311Z-130729T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
411 PM MST SUN JUL 28 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA...

* UNTIL 545 PM MST.

* AT 406 PM MST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED PIERCE    
  FERRY ROAD IS STILL CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING FROM EARLIER      
  THUNDERSTORMS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PIERCE FERRY AND ANTARES ROADS.

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 ON TWITTER USING...AT NWSVEGAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3592 11409 3573 11389 3553 11427 3567 11438

$$

BP

1 follow-up statement

577 
WGUS75 KVEF 290038
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
538 PM MST SUN JUL 28 2013

AZC015-290047-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0119.000000T0000Z-130729T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOHAVE AZ-
538 PM MST SUN JUL 28 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM MST FOR CENTRAL
MOHAVE COUNTY...

HEAVY RAIN HAS NOT FALLEN ALONG PIECE FERRY ROAD FOR SEVERAL HOURS. 
RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN HAS SUBSIDED. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM MST. 

LAT...LON 3592 11409 3573 11389 3553 11427 3567 11438

$$

BP

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 28, 3:27 PM MST, 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 3:27 PM MST, 44 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
327 PM PDT SUN JUL 28 2013

.SYNOPSIS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN
TO PUSH INTO THE THE AREA TONIGHT AND MONDAY...LIMITING STORMS ON
MONDAY TO MAINLY THE NORTHERN REGIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. DRY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AREA WIDE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY BEFORE A
POSSIBLE RETURN OF MONSOON MOISTURE AND STORMS LATER IN THE WEEK.
&&

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
CONTINUES THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH NORTH
TONIGHT WHILE DRYING TAKES PLACE ACROSS THE SOUTH. DRY SOUTHWEST
FLOW IS STILL FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST CWA
TONIGHT AND ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA MONDAY. JUST ENOUGH
INSTABILITY REMAINS ACROSS THE NORTH FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN
INYO...ESMERALDA...CENTRAL NYE AND NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTIES MONDAY
AFTERNOON. THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA SHOULD BE MAINLY CLEAR. THIS
TREND CONTINUES INTO TUESDAY...COMPLETELY DRYING OUT THE REGION FOR
THE FIRST THUNDERSTORM FREE DAY IN A WHILE. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM
IN RESPONSE TO THE DRY...STABLE CONDITIONS.

.LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...MODELS HAVE ADDED A NEW
WRINKLE TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST AS BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF PICK UP
ON A UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE MOVING NORTH THROUGH THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA
EARLY WEDNESDAY AND MOVING IT ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN CWA LATER
WEDNESDAY. THE GFS FORECAST PWAT VALUES BETWEEN 1 AND 1 1/2 INCHES
REACHING AS FAR WEST AS CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY AND NORTH INTO SOUTHERN
LINCOLN COUNTY. THIS NEW INTRODUCED MOISTURE SURGE THEN REMAINS OVER
THE EASTERN REGIONS OF THE AREA INTO THE WEEKEND. SINCE THIS IS NEW
INFORMATION...JUST INCLUDED THE FAR EASTERN FRINGES OF MOHAVE COUNTY
WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IF THESE
MODEL TRENDS HOLD...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL NEED TO BE EXTENDED
FURTHER WEST AND POTENTIALLY MOVED AHEAD ONE DAY. THE CURRENT
TEMPERATURE FORECAST WILL NEED TO BE ADJUSTED IF THIS MOISTURE
MATERIALIZES.
&&

.AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS IS POSSIBLE IN
THE VALLEY BETWEEN 23Z AND 02Z THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
GUSTY...VARIABLE WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN ALTHOUGH BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN COULD LOWER CIGS AND VISIBILITY BRIEFLY. OUTSIDE OF STORM
INFLUENCE...WIND SPEEDS WILL GENERALLY BE 8-12KTS AND OCCASIONALLY
GUSTY OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT ALL
APPROACH CORRIDORS...ALTHOUGH STORMS IN THE DAGGETT APPROACH SHOULD
BE LESS IN COVERAGE. DRIER AIR WILL WORK INTO THE REGION TONIGHT
WITH NO THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING EXCEPT THE SOUTHWEST PORTIONS.
WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE OUT OF THE SOUTH AROUND 10KTS OUTSIDE OF
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. CIGS WILL VARY BUT COULD BE 6K FEET OR LOWER
IN STORMS ALONG WITH BRIEF VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS IN HEAVY RAIN
SHOWERS. MUCH DRIER AIR WILL WORK INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND MONDAY
ENDING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FOR MOST AREAS THROUGH TUESDAY...EXCEPT
FOR ISOLATED STORMS OVER THE FAR NORTHERN AREAS OF LINCOLN AND NYE
COUNTIES MONDAY.
&&

.VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR NVZ015-016-
     018>022.
AZ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR AZZ001-003-
     036.
CA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR CAZ524.
&&

SALMEN

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HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS OR FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 4:24 AM MST, 11 hours 47 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
424 AM PDT SUN JUL 28 2013

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014>022-290700-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-
OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY-
NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-
SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
424 AM PDT SUN JUL 28 2013 /424 AM MST SUN JUL 28 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
ARIZONA...SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

DRY AIR OFF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL BE A LITTLE SLOWER TO
SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY INTO THIS EVENING OVER MUCH OF THE REGION.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN REMAINS THE PRIMARY THREAT DUE TO THE SLOW
MOVEMENT OF ANY STORM. FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS CAN OCCUR
QUICKLY IN RECENT BURN AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A DRY AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST
ACROSS THE REGION BY MONDAY WHICH WILL KEEP ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
CONFINED PRIMARILY NEAR THE UTAH BORDER. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS
EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 28, 12:05 PM MST, 4 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1205 PM PDT SUN JUL 28 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1153 AM     FLASH FLOOD      8 WSW BIG BEND RAWS     35.08N 114.83W
07/28/2013                   SAN BERNARDINO     CA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            CHP REPORTS 2 INCHES OF MUD AND ROCK WASHED ACROSS US-95
            AT MILE MARKER 74 IN CA.

&&

CSTUMPF

Local storm report, Jul 28, 1:04 PM MST, 3 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
104 PM PDT SUN JUL 28 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0104 PM     FLASH FLOOD      12 N FIVE MILE RAWS     36.05N 117.95W
07/28/2013                   INYO               CA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            CHP REPORTS MUD AND ROCKS WASHED ONTO ROAD FROM FLASH
            FLOODING ON US395.

&&

CSTUMPF

Local storm report, Jul 28, 1:13 PM MST, 2 hours 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
113 PM PDT SUN JUL 28 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0112 PM     FLASH FLOOD      13 S LAKE MEAD CITY     35.78N 114.13W
07/28/2013                   MOHAVE             AZ   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MOHAVE COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTS BUS STUCK ON PIERCE FERRY
            ROAD AT MILE MARKER 16 DUE TO FLOODING.

&&

CSTUMPF

Local storm report, Jul 28, 1:44 PM MST, 2 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
144 PM PDT SUN JUL 28 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0144 PM     FLASH FLOOD      13 S LAKE MEAD CITY     35.78N 114.13W
07/28/2013                   MOHAVE             AZ   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MOHAVE COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTS BUS STUCK ON PIERCE FERRY
            ROAD IS NOW MOVING DOWN WASH. PEOPLE ARE IN THE BUS.

&&

CSTUMPF

Local storm report, Jul 28, 2:41 PM MST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
241 PM PDT SUN JUL 28 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0239 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 E PANAMINT SPRINGS    36.34N 117.42W
07/28/2013                   INYO               CA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            CHP REPORTS ROADWAY FLOODING AT JUNCTION OF STATE ROUTE

            190 AND PANAMINT VALLEY ROAD. DEBRIS IS BUILDING ON ROAD.

&&

CSTUMPF

Local storm report, Jul 28, 3:20 PM MST, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
320 PM PDT SUN JUL 28 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0312 PM     FLASH FLOOD      7 S FURNACE CREEK       36.35N 116.85W
07/28/2013                   INYO               CA   PARK/FOREST SRVC

            DEATH VALLEY NP REPORTS WEST SIDE ROAD IS CLOSED DUE TO
            FLOODING.

&&

CSTUMPF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 6:17 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	VEF	Mohave	3 hr
Jul 27, 11:06 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	VEF	Mohave	3 hr
Jul 28, 11:23 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	VEF	Mohave	82 min
Jul 28, 11:28 AM MST	Flash Flood Watch	VEF	Mohave	11 hr
Jul 28, 11:38 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	VEF	Mohave	2 hr
Jul 28, 11:47 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	VEF	Mohave	4 hr
Jul 28, 11:51 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	Mohave	24 min
Jul 28, 11:57 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	VEF	Mohave	3 hr
Jul 28, 12:10 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	Mohave	35 min
Jul 28, 12:47 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	VEF	Mohave	118 min
Jul 28, 1:07 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	VEF	Mohave	113 min
Jul 28, 1:20 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	VEF	Mohave	115 min
Jul 28, 3:19 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	VEF	Mohave	116 min
Jul 28, 4:30 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	VEF	Mohave	2 hr

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.