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Flash Flood Warning 89, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 2014, 9:27 PM PDT for Esmeralda County, Nevada. It was in force for 2 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 5, 2014, 9:27 PM PDT (04:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2014, 11:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Esmeralda County, NV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 11:27 PM PDT | FLASH FLOOD | Nw Tonopah, NV | REPORT RELAYED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA OF MAIN STREET IN TONOPAH SHUT DOWN FROM FLASH FLOODING AND FLOOD DEBRIS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 791 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
386
WGUS55 KVEF 060427
FFWVEF
NVC009-060630-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0089.140806T0427Z-140806T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
927 PM PDT TUE AUG 5 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL ESMERALDA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA...
* UNTIL 1130 PM PDT
* AT 924 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF SILVER PEAK...
OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TONOPAH...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN ESMERALDA COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO DETECT
FLOODED ROADS.
&&
LAT...LON 3801 11717 3784 11717 3743 11776 3762 11800
3787 11820 3821 11739
$$
BP2 follow-up statements
678
WGUS75 KVEF 060527
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1027 PM PDT TUE AUG 5 2014
NVC009-060630-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0089.000000T0000Z-140806T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ESMERALDA NV-
1027 PM PDT TUE AUG 5 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM PDT FOR
CENTRAL ESMERALDA COUNTY...
AT 1024 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THE
STORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN DYER AND TONOPAH. THE STRONGEST STORM
WAS NEAR SILVERPEAK. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SILVER PEAK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO DETECT
FLOODED ROADS.
&&
LAT...LON 3801 11717 3784 11717 3743 11776 3762 11800
3787 11820 3821 11739
$$
BP427
WGUS75 KVEF 060623
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1123 PM PDT TUE AUG 5 2014
NVC009-060633-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0089.000000T0000Z-140806T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ESMERALDA NV-
1123 PM PDT TUE AUG 5 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 PM PDT FOR CENTRAL
ESMERALDA COUNTY...
THUNDERSTORMS OVER ESMERALDA COUNTY HAVE WEAKENED OR MOVED INTO
NORTHERN NYE COUNTY. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 PM
PDT.
LAT...LON 3801 11717 3784 11717 3743 11776 3762 11800
3787 11820 3821 11739
$$
BPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 6:19 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Esmeralda | 116 min |
| Aug 5, 7:34 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Esmeralda | 116 min |
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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.