Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Las Vegas, NV

999 
WGUS75 KVEF 290154
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
654 PM MST MON JUL 28 2014

AZC015-NVC003-290202-
/O.CAN.KVEF.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-140729T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOHAVE AZ-CLARK NV-
654 PM MST MON JUL 28 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL CLARK AND
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTIES...

RAIN HAS ENDED IN THE WILLOW BEACH AREA AND THERE IS NO LONGER ANY 
THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3595 11475 3596 11468 3594 11465 3587 11462
      3581 11455 3575 11460 3572 11471

$$

JS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
304 PM PDT MON JUL 28 2014

.SYNOPSIS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
OCCUR THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE REGION. STORM COVERAGE WILL
DECREASE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES LIFT AWAY
TO THE NORTH. MONSOON MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE MOSTLY ACROSS
NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA THROUGH THE WEEK LEADING TO
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY.
&&

.SHORT TERM...THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WERE
MADE TO THE GENERAL FORECAST DURING THE PERIOD. THUNDERSTORMS WERE
DEVELOPING ABOUT AS DEPICTED BY THE 12Z HIGH RES MODELS...PRIMARILY
ALONG AND NORTH OF AN ARC EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN SAN BERNARDINO
ACROSS CLARK AND CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTIES. ISOLATED STORMS WERE
DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN SAN BERNARDINO AND MOHAVE COUNTIES.
SATELLITE LOOPS SHOWED EMBEDDED LARGE UPPER LEVEL CIRCULATIONS
ENTRAINED IN SOUTHERLY FLOW LIFTING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FROM
SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA INTO SOUTHERN NEVADA. CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT ACROSS NORTHERN INYO COUNTY AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA AS
THE DISTURBANCES SLOWLY LIFT NORTHWARD. WILL KEEP THE FLASH FLOOD
WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR ALL ZONES. THE LATEST NAM AND GFS
SOLUTIONS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A DRYING TREND WITH LIGHT WESTERLY
FLOW DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA
BEHIND THE DISTURBANCES LIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST. THIS SHOULD LEAD
TO DECREASING THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE BUT SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN THROUGH MID WEEK FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE EACH DAY.
&&

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THURSDAY BASICALLY LOOKS LIKE AN EXTENSION OF WHAT MAY BE AROUND ON
WEDNESDAY. A RIDGE ALOFT REMAINS CENTERED OVER EASTERN
ARIZONA/WESTERN NEW MEXICO KEEPING THE AREA IN A SOUTHWEST FLOW.
LI'S ARE SHOWN TO BE FAIRLY STABLE PER THE GFS AND WHATEVER
INSTABILITY AND MID-LEVEL MOISTURE THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO
TRIGGER CONVECTION REMAINS CONFINED TO THE FAR NORTHERN CWFA AND FAR
EASTERN MOHAVE COUNTY. WE HAVE KEPT IN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON
AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THERE. OTHERWISE EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS
WITH TEMPS AT OR A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL. AT THIS POINT, FRIDAY DOES
NOT APPEAR TO BE TOO DIFFERENT FROM THURSDAY WITH THE GREATEST RISK
FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SAME AREAS. OTHERWISE
IT SHOULD ONCE AGAIN BE DRY WITH TEMPS AT OR ABOVE NORMAL.

THE REAL PERIOD OF INTEREST IS FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT AS WHAT APPEARS TO BE EITHER AN INVERTED TROUGH OR JUST SOME
SORT OF VORTICITY MAX OR LOBE FLOATS AROUND THE RIDGE AND HEADS
ACROSS THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY ON FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY
MORNING BEFORE EVENTUALLY HEADING NORTH. THE TIMING ON THIS FEATURE
VARIES BETWEEN THE ECMWF, GFS AND GEM BUT THEY ALL SHOW IT. GIVEN
THE REASONABLE MODEL AGREEMENT OF THIS TRIGGER FEATURE AS WELL AS
THE INCREASE IN MOISTURE SHOWN TO PUSH IN WITH PWATS OFF THE GFS
PROGGED TO EXCEED A JUICY 1.50 INCHES AND SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY AND
CAPE, ESPECIALLY BY SUNDAY, I HAVE GONE AHEAD AND INCREASED POPS
ACROSS THE AREA. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE HOW MUCH CLOUD COVER
ULTIMATELY COMES UP, AS THIS COULD LIMIT HEATING AND JUST RESULT IN
MORE SHOWERS AND LOW-GRADE THUNDERSTORMS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE
MOISTURE WILL BE PLENTIFUL, AND IF MORE POTENT STORMS GET GOING, THE
RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE GREATER. THE PRESENCE OF THIS
INVERTED TROUGH OR VORTICITY MAX OR LOBE WILL COULD ALSO FAVOR
CONVECTION DEVELOPING AT NIGHT. I DID GO AHEAD AND ALSO RAISE
DEWPOINTS AND LOWERED MAX TEMPS A COUPLE OF DEGREES ESPECIALLY ON
SUNDAY.

THE GFS IS SLOWER TO BRING IN THIS FEATURE AND THUS EJECT IT
COMPARED TO THE ECMWF. AS A RESULT, WE MAINTAINED THE PROSPECTS FOR
THUNDERSTORMS OVER MORE OF THE AREA ON MONDAY IN CASE IT IS SLOWER
TO MOVE OUT. HOWEVER, WE SHOULD SEE A DOWNWARD TREND STARTING ON
MONDAY IN THE AMOUNT OF THUNDERSTORMS AROUND AND WITH MORE HEATING
SEE TEMPS GET BACK CLOSER TO NORMAL.
&&

.AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...THUNDERSTORMS IMPACTING THE TERMINAL AREA
THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF TO THE NORTH DURING
BY EARLY EVENING. OUTFLOW WINDS OVER 15 KTS FROM NEARBY STORMS
THROUGH THE EVENING MAY CAUSE CONFIGURATION ADJUSTMENTS. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS IMPACT ALL APPROACH CORRIDORS THROUGH EARLY EVENING
THEN THE BEATTY AND MORMON MESA CORRIDORS OVERNIGHT.

FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED AREAWIDE
THROUGH THIS EVENING. EXPECT ERRATIC GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN
AND LOWER CEILINGS IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. STORM COVERAGE WILL
DIMINISH SOUTH I-15 THIS EVENING BUT PERSIST OVER INYO COUNTY AND
SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA OVERNIGHT.
&&

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED
LATER TODAY. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
&&

SHORT TERM/AVIATION...ADAIR
LONG TERM...STACHELSKI

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
100 PM PDT MON JUL 28 2014

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

1210 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 SSE MT. CHARLESTON    36.26N 115.61W
07/28/2014                   CLARK              NV   PUBLIC

            RUNOFF AND DEBRIS 5 FEET DEEP RUNNING DOWN RAINBOW CANYON
            ROAD.

&&

JPULLIN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
140 PM PDT MON JUL 28 2014

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

1210 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 SSE MT. CHARLESTON    36.26N 115.61W
07/28/2014                   CLARK              NV   EMERGENCY MNGR

            CLARK COUNTY FIRE AND CITY OF LAS VEGAS FIRE HAVE
            CONDUCTED WELLNESS CHECKS ON RAINBOW SUBDIVISION
            RESIDENTS AND HOMES. ALL RESIDENTS REPORTED SAFE AND
            SHELTERING IN PLACE. SIX HOMES WERE DEEMED DAMAGED, WITH
            TWO HAVING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.

&&

JPULLIN