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Flash Flood Warning 85, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 2014, 3:45 PM PDT for Esmeralda County, Nye County, Nevada. 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
- Aug 4, 2014, 3:45 PM PDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2014, 6:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Esmeralda County, NV, Nye County, NV
The radar
The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 243 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 5:07 PM PDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ne Beatty, NV | NEVADA HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED WATER HAS DAMAGED HIGHWAY 95 NEAR MILE MARKER 75. |
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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 932 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
822 WGUS55 KVEF 042245 FFWVEF NVC009-023-050145- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0085.140804T2245Z-140805T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 345 PM PDT MON AUG 4 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL NYE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA... SOUTHEASTERN ESMERALDA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA... * UNTIL 645 PM PDT * AT 339 PM PDT...LIGHTNING DETECTION AND SATELLITE DETECTED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY EAST FROM CENTRAL ESMERALDA COUNTY SOUTHEAST TOWARD BEATTY. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN THAT COULD IMPACT HIGHWAY 95 ESPECIALLY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 72 AND 77 JUST NORTH OF BEATTY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LIDA...GOLDFIELD...SCOTTYS JUNCTION...LIDA JUNCTION...GOLD POINT... GOLDFIELD RV PARK AND SILVER PEAK. 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 3774 11782 3789 11719 3691 11658 3691 11703 $$ STACHELSKI
2 follow-up statements
023 WGUS75 KVEF 050028 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 528 PM PDT MON AUG 4 2014 NVC009-023-050145- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0085.000000T0000Z-140805T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ESMERALDA NV-NYE NV- 528 PM PDT MON AUG 4 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM PDT FOR CENTRAL NYE AND SOUTHEASTERN ESMERALDA COUNTIES... AT 524 PM...NEVADA HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED THAT WATER HAD DAMAGED HIGHWAY 95 NEAR MILE MARKER 75 NORTH OF BEATTY. SATELLITE CONTINUED TO INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY WHICH MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN ADDITIONAL AREAS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GOLDFIELD...LIDA...LIDA SUMMIT...SCOTTYS JUNCTION...GOLD POINT AND BEATTY PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN WASHES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND ON ROADS. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROAD OR ENTER A FLOOD CHANNEL. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN! REPORT FLOODING TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA FACEBOOK OR TWITTER. && LAT...LON 3774 11782 3789 11719 3691 11658 3691 11703 $$ STACHELSKI
329 WGUS75 KVEF 050146 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 646 PM PDT MON AUG 4 2014 NVC009-023-050155- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0085.000000T0000Z-140805T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ESMERALDA NV-NYE NV- 646 PM PDT MON AUG 4 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR CENTRAL NYE AND SOUTHEASTERN ESMERALDA COUNTIES... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING EARLIER ON HIGHWAY 95 NORTH OF BEATTY HAS WEAKENED. NO ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN THIS AREA AND THUS THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3774 11782 3789 11719 3691 11658 3691 11703 $$ STACHELSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 5:32 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 6:08 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 7:24 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 8:02 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 9:05 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 9:51 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 11:06 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 11:17 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 11:31 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 11:35 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 11:45 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Nye | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 11:58 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:44 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Nye | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:25 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:58 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 12:06 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 1:13 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Nye | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 1:21 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 114 min |
| Aug 4, 1:47 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 118 min |
| Aug 4, 2:16 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:21 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Nye | 114 min |
| Aug 4, 2:21 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:28 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:57 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark, Lincoln | 5 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:56 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:16 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark, Nye | 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.