Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Las Vegas, NV

071 
WGUS75 KVEF 180814
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
114 AM PDT SAT JUL 18 2015

CAC071-181015-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0055.000000T0000Z-150718T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SAN BERNARDINO CA-
114 AM PDT SAT JUL 18 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM PDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...

AT 112 AM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT MOST RAIN HAD ENDED 
OVER EAST CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. HOWEVER...THE CALIFORNIA 
HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED THAT VEHICLES WERE STUCK IN FLOODING ON 
NEEDLES HIGHWAY...AND THE ROAD WAS BEING CLOSED. RUNOFF FROM EARLIER 
HEAVY RAIN WAS STILL FLOWING...SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN 
EFFECT.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEEDLES 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3487 11491 3514 11497 3516 11483 3500 11463
      3492 11463

$$

MORGAN

514 
WGUS75 KVEF 180909
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
209 AM PDT SAT JUL 18 2015

CAC071-180918-
/O.CAN.KVEF.FF.W.0055.000000T0000Z-150718T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SAN BERNARDINO CA-
209 AM PDT SAT JUL 18 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND NO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED. 
PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3487 11491 3514 11497 3516 11483 3500 11463
      3492 11463

$$

MORGAN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
915 PM PDT FRI JUL 17 2015

.SYNOPSIS...A SURGE OF MOISTURE MOVING UP FROM THE GULF OF
CALIFORNIA WILL EXPAND NORTHWARD TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.
ADDITIONAL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM DOLORES WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION BY SUNDAY. AS A RESULT...SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND. STORMS
THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH
FLOODING. DRIER CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD IN FROM THE
SOUTHWEST EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&

.UPDATE...ITS BEEN AN ACTIVE EVENING PARTICULAR NEAR THE TRIPLE
POINT REGION OF CALIFORNIA/ARIZONA/AND NEVADA. SEVERAL STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS IMPACTED THE NEEDLES AREA WITH A PEAK WIND GUST OF 64
MPH RECORDED AT NEEDLES AIRPORT AS WELL AS NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND
DAMAGE AND DOWNED TREES.  IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE THREAT...SEVERAL
AREAS HAVE OBSERVED FLASH FLOODING PARTICULARLY ALONG THE COLORADO
RIVER AREA AND SOUTHERN MOJAVE PRESERVE.   AS IF THAT WASN'T
ENOUGH...STORMS IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY PUSHED A WALL OF DUST NORTHWARD
INTO THE JOSHUA TREE AREA...PROMPTING A DUST STORM WARNING WHICH
CONTINUES THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

AS I ANTICIPATED...STORMS ARE NOT DYING WITH SUNSET AS SOME OF OUR
MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED. IN FACT...STORMS ARE REDEVELOPING ACROSS
AREAS WEST OF NEEDLES WHICH HAVE ALREADY OBSERVED FLASH FLOODING
EARLIER THIS EVENING. STORMS ALSO PERSIST IN SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY
AT THIS HOUR BUT ARE A LITTLE WEAKER THAN THE STORMS FURTHER WEST.
THE STRONGER STORMS TODAY APPEAR TO BE DEVELOPING ALONG THE MOISTURE
GRADIENT PUSHING NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION COURTESY OF WHAT IS LEFT
OF HURRICANE DOLORES. THIS MOISTURE ADVECTION WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT
AND ALLOW THE ATMOSPHERE TO FURTHER DESTABILIZE DURING THE NORMALLY
MORE STABLE OVERNIGHT HOURS. IN ADDITION...INCREASING JET DYNAMICS
WILL BE MOVING INTO THE REGION TONIGHT HELPING TO PROMOTE LIFT
ACROSS THE AREA.  HENCE...IVE KEPT AT LEAST SLIGHT CHANCE POPS GOING
OVERNIGHT PRETTY MUCH FOR ALL OF I-15 SOUTH...AND ALSO ACROSS
EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY WHERE THERE IS SOME INDICATION STORMS COULD
FORM LATE TONIGHT.

THE GENERAL TREND FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SHOULD BE STORMS CURRENTLY
NEAR NEEDLES AND SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH
OVERNIGHT BUT NEW STORMS MAY FORM ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN
MOHAVE...NORTHEAST CLARK...AND EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS AS JET DYNAMICS COME INTO PLAY. HOWEVER...WITH THE
DEGREE OF INSTABILITY BUILDING OVER THE AREA TONIGHT...ISOLATED
STORMS COULD FORM NEARLY ANYWHERE IN CLARK...SAN BERNARDINO...AND
MOHAVE COUNTIES THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

IVE TWEAKED POPS AND SKY COVER AS LISTED ABOVE...AND ALSO ADDED
SMOKE TO THE GRIDS FOR MUCH OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WHERE SMOKE
FROM THE NORTH FIRE RESIDES. ITS POSSIBLE SMOKE WILL BE VISIBLE IN
CLARK COUNTY BY SUNRISE SATURDAY...AND I WILL EVALUATE THAT
POTENTIAL TONIGHT.

-OUTLER-

&&

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

A GENUINE GULF SURGE WAS UNDERWAY TODAY AS EVIDENCED BY SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND PRECIPITABLE WATER SOUNDERS.
THE YUMA RADAR VAD WIND PROFILE HAS SHOWN A SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WIND
FROM THE SURFACE TO 7-8KFT SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING. PWAT ANALYSES
INDICATE THE 1.5 INCH LINE HAD MOVED UP NEAR BLYTHE AND THE 1 INCH
LINE WAS PUSHING UP ACROSS LAUGHLIN-BULLHEAD. SUFFICIENT MOISTURE
AND INSTABILITY WAS EVIDENT FROM THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY SOUTHWARD THIS
AFTERNOON WITH MODERATE TO TOWERING CUMULUS QUICKLY DEVELOPING.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ADDED TO THE FORECAST
ACCORDINGLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OTHERWISE...THE GOING
FORECAST WAS GENERALLY SUPPORTED BY THE MODEL GUIDANCE. THE MAJORITY
OF MODEL SOLUTIONS STILL FAVOR MOHAVE COUNTY FOR THE MOST EXTENSIVE
CONVECTION TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. A FAIRLY SHARP MOISTURE
GRADIENT IS FORECAST TO SET LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY ALONG THE
NEVADA/ARIZONA BORDER DUE TO LOW LEVEL SOUTHWEST WINDS COMING ACROSS
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY COLLIDING WITH THE MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW
STREAMING UP THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. NOT REAL CONFIDENT IN THIS
SCENARIO GIVEN THE WIDE AREA OF MOISTURE SPREADING OUR WAY. ALSO...
EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM STORMS IN
NORTHWEST ARIZONA CAN EASILY PUSH MOISTURE UP INTO CLARK COUNTY AND
WE WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR THAT.

POP VALUES WERE NOT RAISED MUCH FOR SOUTHERN NEVADA SATURDAY. GIVEN
THE GULF SURGE SCENARIO...WE WILL HAVE PLENTY OF MOISTURE IN PLACE
TO PROVIDE FUEL FOR HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS.
HOWEVER...STORMS WILL NOT NECESSARILY BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS CLARK
COUNTY ON SATURDAY. CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE ENHANCED BY AN
UNUSUALLY STRONG JULY JET SETTING UP OVER SOUTHERN NEVADA AND UTAH
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. THIS MAY PROVIDE SUSTAINABILITY OR TRAINING OF
STORMS BUT MAYBE NOT EXTENSIVE COVERAGE. IN ANY CASE...MANY STORMS
THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCERS AND THE FLASH FLOOD
WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MOHAVE COUNTY...CLARK COUNTY AND
EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.

IT IS POSSIBLE THE WATCH MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED AND EXPANDED
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS ADDITIONAL MOISTURE FROM TROPICAL STORM
DOLORES SPREADS OVER THE REGION...BUT WE WILL EVALUATE THAT OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS OR SO. STORM COVERAGE SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE
EXTENSIVE BY SUNDAY BUT WE WILL LOSE SOME DYNAMIC FORCING ASSOCIATED
WITH THE WEAKENING JET. TEMPERATURES SHOULD ALSO TREND DOWNWARD
SUNDAY WITH MORE CLOUD COVERAGE.

.LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

STILL A BIT OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MODELS WITH REGARDS TO THE
REMNANTS OF DOLORES. BY MONDAY MORNING THE GFS HAS THE LOW
CIRCULATION JUST OFF THE NORTHERN BAJA COAST WHILE THE ECMWF HAS THE
LOW JUST PUSHING INTO CALIFORNIA NEAR LOS ANGELES. BOTH MODELS SHOW
PLENTY OF MOISTURE STILL AVAILABLE AT LEAST FOR THE FIRST HAVE OF
MONDAY...BUT IF THE ECMWF VERIFIES THEN THE MOISTURE COULD BE OUT
EARLIER THAN EXPECTED AS A DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW MOVES INTO THE
REGION. SO BASED ON BOTH MODELS THE CONFIDENCE IS LOW FOR
PRECIPITATION CHANCES ON MONDAY AND EVEN BEYOND AS THE GFS KEEPS
PRECIP OVER MUCH OF THE CWA THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. IF WE ARE ABLE
TO KEEP THE MOISTURE IN PLACE THEN WE SHOULD GENERATE SOME AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS BASED ON AFTERNOON HEATING. DID KEEP AT LEAST A CHANCE
OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS IN THE GRIDS. HOWEVER...IF THE MODELS START
TO LEAN TOWARD THE ECMWF THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO LOWER THOSE.
DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THE REMNANTS OF DOLORES WE MAY BE
COMPLETELY DRY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...BUT FOR NOW HAVE KEPT IN AT
LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS. BEYOND WEDNESDAY THINGS BECOME EVEN
MORE MURKIER AS THE MODELS INDICATE THAT STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER
THE SOUTHERN STATES WILL EXPAND WESTWARD AND DEFLECT ANY MOISTURE
FROM WHAT COULD BECOME TROPICAL SYSTEM FELICIA THAT IS STARTING TO
DEVELOP WELL OFF THE CENTRAL AMERICAN COAST. IF THE HIGH DOES EXPAND
AND STRENGTHEN THEN TEMPERATURES WOULD LIKELY RISE TO ABOVE NORMAL
READINGS BY THE END OF THE WEEK WITH DRY CONDITIONS. &&

.AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...SCT CLOUDS AROUND 10K FEET THIS AFTERNOON
WITH WITH ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPING SOUTH OF THE VALLEY AND
GENERALLY MOVING NORTHEAST. ANY DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE
BY 03Z THIS EVENING WITH GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES OVERNIGHT. SOUTHWEST
WINDS GUSTING TO 25KTS THROUGH 03Z THEN DIMINISHING TO AROUND 10KTS
OVERNIGHT. THERE WILL BE SCATTERED TSRA ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY
WITH THE BEST CHANCE EAST OF THE VALLEY. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS UP TO
35KTS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR ANY STORM.

FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...SCT CLOUDS AROUND 10K FEET ALONG WITH ISOLATED STORMS
MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 15 THROUGH 03Z...THEN SKC-FEW100
OVERNIGHT. SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS UP TO 30KTS WILL ALSO DIMINISH
OVERNIGHT WITH SPEEDS AROUND 10-15KTS. SCT TSRA OVER MAINLY SOUTHERN
CLARK AND MOHAVE COUNTIES SATURDAY WITH ISOLD TSRA ACROSS AREAS TO
THE NORTH. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 20KTS IN THE AFTERNOON...WITH
GUSTS UP TO 35KTS NEAR STORMS POSSIBLE. &&

SHORT TERM...ADAIR
LONG TERM/AVIATION...GORELOW

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1041 PM PDT FRI JUL 17 2015

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1038 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 N LAUGHLIN            35.19N 114.58W
07/17/2015  E60 MPH          CLARK              NV   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS ESTIMATED GUSTS OVER 60 MPH
            AT DAVIS DAM.

&&

NWS LAS VEGAS NV
IRIS SYSTEM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1056 PM PDT FRI JUL 17 2015

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1050 PM     FLASH FLOOD      7 NNE BULLHEAD CITY     35.19N 114.56W
07/17/2015                   MOHAVE             AZ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS ROCKS AND DEBRIS HAVE WASHED
            ON TO DAVIS DAM RD.

&&

NWS LAS VEGAS NV
IRIS SYSTEM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1104 PM PDT FRI JUL 17 2015

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1030 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 NNE BULLHEAD CITY     35.14N 114.57W
07/17/2015  M65 MPH          MOHAVE             AZ   AMATEUR RADIO

            65 MPH WINDS BETWEEN 1ST AND 3RD STREETS IN
            BULLHEAD CITY.

&&

NWS LAS VEGAS NV
IRIS SYSTEM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1109 PM PDT FRI JUL 17 2015

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NE BULLHEAD CITY      35.15N 114.55W
07/17/2015                   MOHAVE             AZ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL 4 FOOT TALL TREES BLOWN OVER ALONG
            THE BULLHEAD PARKWAY.

&&

NWS LAS VEGAS NV
IRIS SYSTEM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1127 PM PDT FRI JUL 17 2015

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 PM     HEAVY RAIN       9 W LAUGHLIN            35.17N 114.73W
07/17/2015  M1.50 INCH       CLARK              NV   MESONET

            1.50 INCHES OF RAIN IN 60 MINUTES.

&&

NF

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1204 AM PDT SAT JUL 18 2015

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1145 PM     FLASH FLOOD      LAUGHLIN                35.17N 114.57W
07/17/2015                   CLARK              NV   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER AND TRAFFIC CAMERAS AT SR-163 AND
            CASINO DR IN LAUGHLIN SHOW AT LEAST 6 INCHES
            OF FLOWING WATER THROUGH THE INTERSECTION.

&&

NF