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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2014, 3:17 PM PDT for Inyo County, California. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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 5, 2014, 3:17 PM PDT (22:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2014, 6:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Inyo County, CA
The radar
The Edwards AFB radar (KEYX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 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 5, 4:30 PM PDT | FLASH FLOOD | 12 Se Furnace Creek, CA | NATIONAL PARK SERVICE IS CLOSING DANTES VIEW ROAD DUE TO FLOODING |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 99 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.
765
WGUS55 KVEF 052217
FFWVEF
CAC027-060115-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0007.140705T2217Z-140706T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
317 PM PDT SAT JUL 5 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN INYO COUNTY IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA...
* UNTIL 615 PM PDT
* AT 311 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEATH
VALLEY JUNCTION...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BADWATER BASIN. THE
STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ARE MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. STORMS WILL
IMPACT LOW LYING AREAS ON JUBILEE PASS...BADWATER ROAD AND PORTIONS
OF STATE ROUTE 190 BETWEEN FURNACE CREEK AND DEATH VALLEY JUNCTION.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BADWATER BASIN...FURNACE CREEK...DEATH VALLEY JUNCTION...DANTES VIEW
AND TEXAS SPRINGS CAMPGROUND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN WASHES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND ON
ROADS. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 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 3652 11703 3654 11663 3635 11636 3618 11614
3616 11642 3580 11640 3580 11700
$$
STUMPF2 follow-up statements
941
WGUS75 KVEF 052244
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
344 PM PDT SAT JUL 5 2014
CAC027-060115-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140706T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
INYO CA-
344 PM PDT SAT JUL 5 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM PDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN INYO COUNTY...
AT 338 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEASTERN DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE
ALONG STATE ROUTE 190 BETWEEN FURNACE CREEK AND DEATH VALLEY JUNCTION.
AS WELL AS LOW LYING AREAS OF BADWATER ROAD AND JUBILEE PASS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FURNACE CREEK...BADWATER BASIN...DANTES VIEW ROAD AND TEXAS SPRINGS
CAMPGROUND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN WASHES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND ON
ROADS. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO
CROSS A FLOODED ROAD OR ENTER A FLOOD CHANNEL. TURN AROUND...DONT
DROWN!
REPORT FLOODING TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA
FACEBOOK OR TWITTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3652 11703 3654 11663 3635 11636 3618 11614
3616 11642 3580 11640 3580 11700
$$
STUMPF847
WGUS75 KVEF 060012
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
512 PM PDT SAT JUL 5 2014
CAC027-060020-
/O.CAN.KVEF.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140706T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
INYO CA-
512 PM PDT SAT JUL 5 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN INYO
COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA AND ANY RUNOFF CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING FROM THESE
STORMS HAS ENDED...
LAT...LON 3652 11703 3654 11663 3635 11636 3618 11614
3616 11642 3580 11640 3580 11700
$$
STUMPFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 10:57 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 11:09 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 34 min |
| Jul 5, 11:24 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 12:48 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 1:12 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:14 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:22 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 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.