Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2014, 10:10 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 2 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 2014, 10:10 PM MST (05:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2014, 12:15 AM MST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mohave County, AZ
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:10 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 10:50 PM MST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 S Kingman, AZ | FLASH FLOODING REPORTED DOWNTOWN NEAR THE RAILROAD STATION. STREETS AND CURBSIDES HAVE OVER 6 INCHES OF FLOWING WATER. STORM ACCOMPANIED BY HAIL TO PEA SIZE AND GUSTY WINDS ESTIMATED NEAR 40 MPH. |
| Jul 25, 11:20 PM MST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 E Kingman, AZ | ROCKFALL ON ANDY DEVINE ROAD NEAR CHADWICK DRIVE. ROAD CREWS CLEANING UP DEBRIS. |
| Jul 25, 11:20 PM MST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 S Kingman, AZ | ROCKFALL ON ANDY DEVINE ROAD NEAR CHADWICK DRIVE. ROAD CREWS CLEANING UP DEBRIS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2434 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
093
WGUS55 KVEF 260510
FFWVEF
AZC015-260715-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0035.140726T0510Z-140726T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1010 PM MST FRI JUL 25 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 1215 AM MST
* AT 1006 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR KINGMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KINGMAN
NEW KINGMAN-BUTLER.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 40 AND 64.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND LOW
LYING AREAS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROAD OR ENTER A FLOOD
CHANNEL. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN!
REPORT FLOODING TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA
FACEBOOK OR TWITTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3532 11404 3532 11383 3519 11383 3520 11402
3506 11411 3510 11419
$$
JA2 follow-up statements
386
WGUS75 KVEF 260617
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1117 PM MST FRI JUL 25 2014
AZC015-260715-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-140726T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOHAVE AZ-
1117 PM MST FRI JUL 25 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM MST FOR
CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY...
TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH
FLOODING IN KINGMAN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH
AND AUTOMATED GAGES INDICATED IT HAS PRODUCED BETWEEN A HALF-INCH
AND THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL OVER KINGMAN AND THE
HAULAPAI FOOTHILLS. OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL
AND EASTERN PARTS OF KINGMAN BEFORE THE STORM DISSIPATES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KINGMAN AND NEW KINGMAN-BUTLER
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND LOW
LYING AREAS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROAD OR ENTER A FLOOD
CHANNEL. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS MORE DIFFICULT
TO DETECT FLOODED ROADS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN!
REPORT FLOODING TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA
FACEBOOK OR TWITTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3532 11404 3532 11383 3519 11383 3520 11402
3506 11411 3510 11419
$$
JA512
WGUS75 KVEF 260714
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1214 AM MST SAT JUL 26 2014
AZC015-260721-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-140726T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOHAVE AZ-
1214 AM MST SAT JUL 26 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 AM MST FOR CENTRAL
MOHAVE COUNTY...
HEAVY RAINFALL ENDED OVER KINGMAN BEFORE 1130 PM AND WEATHER
SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODING WAS SUBSIDING ON THE FEW ROADWAYS THAT
WERE IMPACTED. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON
SCHEDULE.
LAT...LON 3532 11404 3532 11383 3519 11383 3520 11402
3506 11411 3510 11419
$$
JAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 7:11 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Mohave | 109 min |
| Jul 25, 9:04 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:17 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:31 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Mohave | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.