Alert archive / Nevada / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2014, 12:21 PM PDT for Clark County, Nevada. It was in force for 3 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 5, 2014, 12:21 PM PDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2014, 3:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Clark County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 31 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
- 82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2430 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 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.
828
WGUS55 KVEF 051921
FFWVEF
NVC003-052215-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0002.140705T1921Z-140705T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1221 PM PDT SAT JUL 5 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA...
* UNTIL 315 PM PDT
* AT 1214 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR LOVELL AND
TROUT CANYONS... OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF MT. CHARLESTON. THE STORM
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
THE CARPENTER 1 FIRE BURN SCAR
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND IF RISING
WATER APPROACHES.
HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING ON THE CARPENTER 1 BURN AREA. WATER LEVELS WILL
RISE VERY RAPIDLY...LEADING TO MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN AND
DOWNSTREAM OF THE BURN AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 3613 11590 3617 11590 3617 11577 3622 11572
3623 11559 3619 11552 3599 11552 3597 11566
$$
OUTLER3 follow-up statements
183
WGUS75 KVEF 052010
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
110 PM PDT SAT JUL 5 2014
NVC003-052215-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140705T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLARK NV-
110 PM PDT SAT JUL 5 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM PDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY...
AT 104 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. RADAR ESTIMATED 1
TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE
CARPENTER 1 BURN SCAR AND HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ON THE
DOWNSTREAM WASHES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WASHES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE CARPENTER 1 BURN SCAR
HIGHWAY 160 BETWEEN MOUNTAIN SPRINGS AND PAHRUMP
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WATER LEVELS WILL RISE VERY RAPIDLY...LEADING TO MUD AND DEBRIS
FLOWS IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE BURN AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 3613 11590 3617 11590 3617 11577 3622 11572
3623 11559 3619 11552 3599 11552 3597 11566
$$
OUTLER026
WGUS75 KVEF 052129
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
229 PM PDT SAT JUL 5 2014
NVC003-052215-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140705T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLARK NV-
229 PM PDT SAT JUL 5 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM PDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY...
AT 223 PM PDT...MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE WARNED AREA
HAS DIMINSIHED, HOWEVER EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS AFTERNOONS STORMS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 315 PM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WASHES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE CARPENTER 1 BURN SCAR
HIGHWAY 160 BETWEEN MOUNTAIN SPRINGS AND PAHRUMP
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WATER LEVELS WILL RISE VERY RAPIDLY...LEADING TO MUD AND DEBRIS
FLOWS IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE BURN AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 3613 11590 3617 11590 3617 11577 3622 11572
3623 11559 3619 11552 3599 11552 3597 11566
$$
OUTLER906
WGUS75 KVEF 052207
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
307 PM PDT SAT JUL 5 2014
NVC003-052215-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140705T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLARK NV-
307 PM PDT SAT JUL 5 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM PDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
CLARK COUNTY...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE DIMINISHED AND LIFE
THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER...LOCAL
WASHES AND STREAMS MAY CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
LAT...LON 3613 11590 3617 11590 3617 11577 3622 11572
3623 11559 3619 11552 3599 11552 3597 11566
$$
OUTLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 10:09 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 81 min |
| Jul 5, 1:42 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
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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.