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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2015, 2:49 PM PDT for Inyo County, California. It was in force for 116 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2015, 2:49 PM PDT (21:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2015, 4:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Inyo County, CA
The radar
The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3048 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
323 WGUS55 KVEF 052149 FFWVEF CAC027-052345- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0021.150705T2149Z-150705T2345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 249 PM PDT SUN JUL 5 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN INYO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA... * UNTIL 445 PM PDT * AT 248 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. THIS WILL INCLUDE WESTGARD PASS...HIGHWAY 168...AND DEATH VALLEY ROAD BETWEEN BIG PINE AND DEATH VALLEY. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... WESTGARD PASS...GRANDVIEW CAMPGROUND AND ANCIENT BRISTLECONE VISITORS CENTER...DEATH VALLEY ROAD. 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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3676 11798 3746 11832 3746 11810 3686 11776 $$ ASG
2 follow-up statements
859 WGUS75 KVEF 052309 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 409 PM PDT SUN JUL 5 2015 CAC027-052345- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150705T2345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INYO CA- 409 PM PDT SUN JUL 5 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM PDT FOR NORTHWESTERN INYO COUNTY... AT 406 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. MUCH OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...BUT RUNOFF WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR A WHILE...ESPECIALLY OVER DEATH VALLEY ROAD BETWEEN BIG PINE AND DEATH VALLEY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... WESTGARD PASS...GRANDVIEW CAMPGROUND AND ANCIENT BRISTLECONE VISITORS CENTER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN WASHES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND ON ROADS. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROAD OR ENTER A FLOOD CHANNEL. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN! REPORT FLOODING TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA FACEBOOK OR TWITTER. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3676 11798 3746 11832 3746 11810 3686 11776 $$ ASG
111 WGUS75 KVEF 052344 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 444 PM PDT SUN JUL 5 2015 CAC027-052353- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150705T2345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INYO CA- 444 PM PDT SUN JUL 5 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN INYO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM PDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED WITH JUST A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS IN THE AREA. SOME MINOR RUNOFF MAY STILL OCCUR THROUGH 600 PM...BUT THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. LAT...LON 3676 11798 3746 11832 3746 11810 3686 11776 $$ ASG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 4:00 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:22 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 113 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.