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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2015, 3:02 PM PDT for Inyo County, California. It was in force for 118 min. 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
- Jun 10, 2015, 3:02 PM PDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2015, 5:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Inyo County, CA
The radar
The Edwards AFB radar (KEYX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 4:24 PM PDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Wnw Panamint Springs, CA | CHP REPORTS ROCKS AND DEBRIS ACROSS THE ROADWAY DUE TO STORMS NEAR FATHER CROWLEY POINT ON SR-190. |
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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2026 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
089
WGUS55 KVEF 102202
FFWVEF
CAC027-110000-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0004.150610T2202Z-150611T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
302 PM PDT WED JUN 10 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL INYO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...
* UNTIL 500 PM PDT
* AT 300 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK BETWEEN PANAMINT
SPRINGS AND FATHER CROWLEY POINT. THE STORM IS NEARLY STATIONARY.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* FLASH FLOODING WILL IMPACT HIGHWAY 190 WEST OF PANAMINT SPRINGS
AND ALSO THE DARWIN FALLS AREA.
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 3637 11747 3630 11748 3628 11768 3642 11768
$$
JA2 follow-up statements
971 WGUS75 KVEF 102302 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 402 PM PDT WED JUN 10 2015 CAC027-110000- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150611T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INYO CA- 402 PM PDT WED JUN 10 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM PDT FOR CENTRAL INYO COUNTY... AT 358 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A THUNDERSTORM HAD DISSIPATED OVER THE AREA FROM PANAMINT SPRINGS TO FATHER CROWLEY POINT IN DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK AND ONLY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS REMAINED. FLASH FLOODING FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY IMPACT SECTIONS OF 190 BETWEEN PANAMINT SPRINGS AND FATHER CROWLEY POINT... AS WELL AS WASHES AROUND DARWIN FALLS...BEFORE THE WATER RECEDES BY 5 PM PDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN WASHES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND ON ROADS. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROAD OR ENTER A FLOOD CHANNEL. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN! REPORT FLOODING TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA FACEBOOK OR TWITTER. && LAT...LON 3637 11747 3630 11748 3628 11768 3642 11768 $$ JA
519 WGUS75 KVEF 102359 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 459 PM PDT WED JUN 10 2015 CAC027-110004- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150611T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INYO CA- 459 PM PDT WED JUN 10 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL INYO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM PDT... WATER AND DEBRIS WAS REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 190 WEST OF PANAMINT SPRINGS. HOWEVER...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ENDED BEFORE 4 PM AND ANY CONTINUING FLOODING WILL RECEDE AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE AT 5 PM PDT. LAT...LON 3637 11747 3630 11748 3628 11768 3642 11768 $$ JA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 9:25 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Inyo | 14 hr |
Nearby
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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.