Alert archive / Nevada / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2015, 5:25 PM PDT for Lincoln County, Nevada. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 2015, 5:25 PM PDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2015, 7:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lincoln County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 202 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 3476 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS55 KVEF 110025
FFWVEF
NVC017-110230-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0005.150611T0025Z-150611T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
525 PM PDT WED JUN 10 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA...
* UNTIL 730 PM PDT
* AT 524 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER HIGHWAY 375 BETWEEN HIKO AND RACHEL. THE STORM IS
NEARLY STATIONARY. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN
LINCOLN COUNTY.
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 3754 11534 3740 11530 3737 11546 3752 11551
$$
MORGAN2 follow-up statements
314 WGUS75 KVEF 110127 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 627 PM PDT WED JUN 10 2015 NVC017-110230- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150611T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LINCOLN NV- 627 PM PDT WED JUN 10 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM PDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 626 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...VERY HEAVY RAIN FELL IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE HIGHWAY 375...AND THIS WATER COULD STILL BE FLOWING DOWN TOWARD THE HIGHWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN WASHES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND ON ROADS. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROAD OR ENTER A FLOOD CHANNEL. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN! REPORT FLOODING TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA FACEBOOK OR TWITTER. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3754 11534 3740 11530 3737 11546 3752 11551 $$ MORGAN
824 WGUS75 KVEF 110221 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 721 PM PDT WED JUN 10 2015 NVC017-110230- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150611T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LINCOLN NV- 721 PM PDT WED JUN 10 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM PDT... AT 719 PM PDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT RAIN HAD ENDED OVER HIGHWAY 375 BETWEEN HIKO AND RACHEL. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT...SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. DRIVERS IN THE AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR WATER ON THE ROAD. LAT...LON 3754 11534 3740 11530 3737 11546 3752 11551 $$ MORGAN
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.