Flash Flood Warning 157, NWS Las Vegas, NV

931 
WGUS75 KVEF 241722
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1022 AM MST SAT AUG 24 2013

AZC015-241800-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0157.000000T0000Z-130824T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOHAVE AZ-
1022 AM MST SAT AUG 24 2013

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM MST FOR
CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY...

AT 1017 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTH OF VALENTINE TO 8
MILES NORTHWEST OF VALENTINE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 35
MILES NORTHEAST OF KINGMAN TO 22 MILES NORTHEAST OF KINGMAN...MOVING
NORTH AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY INCLUDING ROUTE 66 AND 
ANTERES ROAD.

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 ON TWITTER USING...AT NWSVEGAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3560 11346 3496 11373 3508 11398 3560 11401

$$

JH

238 
WGUS75 KVEF 241751
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1051 AM MST SAT AUG 24 2013

AZC015-241801-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0157.000000T0000Z-130824T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOHAVE AZ-
1051 AM MST SAT AUG 24 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 AM MST FOR CENTRAL
MOHAVE COUNTY...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 56 AND 74.

RAINFALL HAS BEEN DECREASING IN THE WARNING AREA EAST OF KINGMAN. 
ANY FLOODING FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN SHOULD HAVE SUBSIDED. HOWEVER 
THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR MORE HEAVY RAIN LATER TODAY.

LAT...LON 3560 11346 3496 11373 3508 11398 3560 11401

$$

JH

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
400 AM PDT SAT AUG 24 2013

.SYNOPSIS...THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF CLARK...MOHAVE...LINCOLN...AND
EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES TODAY. MOISTURE FROM TROPICAL STORM
IVO WILL THEN PUSH NORTH ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AND RESULT IN A
SIGNIFICANT RAIN EVENT SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THE HIGHEST THREAT OF
HEAVY RAIN WILL BE OVER MOHAVE...CLARK...LINCOLN AND EASTERN SAN
BERNARDINO COUNTIES.
&&

.SHORT TERM...THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
AGAIN TODAY ACROSS MOHAVE...CLARK...LINCOLN AND EASTERN SAN
BERNARDINO COUNTIES...WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED COVERAGE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE OVER EASTERN
CLARK...LINCOLN...AND MOHAVE COUNTIES MAY KEEP ISOLATED STORMS GOING
THROUGH MIDNIGHT. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW GOOD CONTINUITY AND
AGREEMENT IN BRINGING TROPICAL STORM IVO NORTH JUST WEST OF BAJA BY
TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WHICH WILL RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE
INCREASE BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT. THIS MOISTURE COMBINED WITH
FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD SHOWERS
WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER
MOHAVE...CLARK...LINCOLN AND EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. SOME
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH INTENSE RAINFALL
RATES...AND THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BE INCREASED
SIGNIFICANTLY SUNDAY.

.LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...THERE IS GOOD AGREEMENT AMONG
THE GFS AND ECMWF THAT THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM IVO WILL BE
PULLED OVER NORTHERN BAJA EARLY MONDAY MORNING THEN ACROSS SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA DURING THE DAY.
THEY BOTH INDICATE THERE WILL STILL BE CONSIDERABLE DIVERGENCE ALOFT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE JET EXTENDING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
NEVADA. THIS SHOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT EXTENSIVE SHOWERS WITH SOME
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN MUCH OF THE
DAY IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA. THE REMNANT MID AND HIGH LEVEL
CLOUDS WILL MOVE OFF TO THE NORTH MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING
AND SHOULD BEGIN TO ALLOW MORE SURFACE HEATING TO OCCUR EACH
AFTERNOON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. MEANWHILE...HIGH DEWPOINTS AND PWAT
VALUES AROUND 1.25-1.50 INCHES WILL REMAIN AND LEAD TO A SLIGHT
CHANCE OR CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY OVER OVER ALL BUT
INYO...ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES WHERE DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW
WILL PERSIST. THE PATTERN WILL CHANGE BY THURSDAY AS THE CENTRAL
PLAINS HIGH MIGRATES WESTWARD. THE ECMWF INDICATES A FAIRLY
PRONOUNCED INVERTED TROUGH LIFTING FROM NORTHWEST MEXICO UP THROUGH
SOUTHERN NEVADA THURSDAY WHICH WOULD BRING CONSIDERABLE MOISTURE
WITH IT. THE GFS DOES NOT REALLY INDICATE THIS YET BUT POPS WERE
EXPANDED TO THE NORTHWEST A LITTLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY TO MAKE
ALLOWANCE FOR THE ECMWF SOLUTION. LITTLE CHANGE WAS NEEDED TO
TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS REBOUNDING BACK TO NORMAL BY WEDNESDAY.

.AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO
DEVELOP OVER THE SURROUNDING HIGHER TERRAIN TODAY...WITH A SLIGHT
CHANCE KLAS MAY SEE A STORM BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. OTHERWISE WINDS WILL REMAIN UNDER
10KTS WITH CT CLOUDS 10-14K FEET. OVERNIGHT...CLOUDS WILL DIMINISH
WITH WINDS TURNING SOUTHWEST AROUND 8KTS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE LIKELY ON SUNDAY...WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN
POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. CIGS MAY DROP TO AS LOW AS 4-5KFT
DURING PERIODS OF MORE INTENSE PRECIPITATION.

FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA INCLUDING
SAN BERNARDINO...CLARK...MOHAVE...LINCOLN AND SOUTHERN INYO. BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY STORMS.
SHOWERS/STORMS ARE LIKELY ON SUNDAY.
&&

.VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR
     NVZ015>022.
AZ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR
     AZZ001>003-036.
CA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR
     CAZ523>527.
&&

KENNEDY/ADAIR

FOR MORE FORECAST INFORMATION...SEE US ON OUR WEBPAGE:

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
424 AM PDT SAT AUG 24 2013

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ522>527-NVZ015>022-250700-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-
CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-
LINCOLN COUNTY-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-
WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-
SPRING MOUNTAINS-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
424 AM PDT SAT AUG 24 2013 /424 AM MST SAT AUG 24 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER MOHAVE COUNTY TODAY
WITH MORE ISOLATED COVERAGE OVER CLARK AND EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTIES. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN AND ASSOCIATED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE
THE MAIN HAZARDS THOUGH WIND GUSTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH A FEW
STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

TROPICAL STORM IVO WILL MOVE UP THE WEST COAST OF SOUTHERN BAJA
AND LIKELY INDUCE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN MOISTURE BY SUNDAY. THIS
WILL LEAD TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY
RAIN. THE TROPICAL STORM IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE AS IT MOVES NORTH
OF THE BAJA SPUR...BUT MOST OF THE MOISTURE WITH IT WILL BE PULLED
ACROSS THE TRI- STATE AREA MONDAY. THIS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL
FOR FLASH FLOODING SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...MAINLY ACROSS CLARK...
SOUTHERN NYE...MOHAVE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES WHERE A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. ONCE
IN PLACE...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL LINGER TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
FOR A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY WITH
LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY AND MONDAY IN
CLARK...SOUTHERN NYE...MOHAVE AND EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES.
MEANWHILE... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

CAZ519>521-NVZ014-250700-
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-
424 AM PDT SAT AUG 24 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED
ACROSS WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO...SOUTHEAST INYO AND CENTRAL NYE
COUNTIES SUNDAY AND MONDAY BUT THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN EAST OF THESE AREAS. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN AND
FLASH FLOOD WILL STILL BE A POSSIBILITY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN OVER THESE AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY.

.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.

JA