Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Las Vegas, NV

215 
WGUS75 KVEF 200242
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
742 PM PDT SUN JUL 19 2015

CAC071-200400-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0066.000000T0000Z-150720T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SAN BERNARDINO CA-
742 PM PDT SUN JUL 19 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM PDT FOR
CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...

AT 739 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA ARE SLOWLY STARTING TO DIMINISH 
IN STRENGTH. HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING REMAINS HIGH.   
 
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... 
KELSO...CIMA...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MOUNTAIN PASS...HOLE IN THE WALL 
CAMPGROUND...ESSEX...NIPTON...NIPTON AND IVANPAH ROADS...BLACK 
CANYON EQUESTRIAN CAMPGROUND AND MID HILLS CAMPGROUND.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 15 IN CALIFORNIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 154 AND 185.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROAD OR ENTER A FLOOD CHANNEL. REPORT 
FLOODING TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA FACEBOOK OR 
TWITTER.

&&

LAT...LON 3579 11564 3520 11490 3458 11513 3448 11540
      3495 11587 3518 11607 3541 11582 3579 11598

$$

LERICOS

459 
WGUS75 KVEF 200351
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
851 PM PDT SUN JUL 19 2015

CAC071-200401-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0066.000000T0000Z-150720T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SAN BERNARDINO CA-
851 PM PDT SUN JUL 19 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 900 PM PDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.

LAT...LON 3579 11564 3520 11490 3458 11513 3448 11540
      3495 11587 3518 11607 3541 11582 3579 11598

$$

LERICOS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
511 PM PDT SUN JUL 19 2015

.SYNOPSIS...A DISTURBANCE WILL PUSH NORTH TONIGHT INTO MONDAY AND
HELP TO TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. SOME
STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD CREATE FLASH
FLOODING. DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD NORTH LATE MONDAY MORNING
INTO TUESDAY WHICH WILL GRADUALLY END THE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE AREA. NEAR NORMAL
TEMPERATURES...DRY CONDITIONS AND TYPICAL GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST
WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY
THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND.
&&

.UPDATE...BASED ON THE LATEST RADAR TRENDS, I WENT AHEAD AND DID A
QUICK UPDATE TO RAISE POPS AND QPF AMOUNTS ALONG OUR SOUTHERN BORDER
ESPECIALLY IN THE MORONGO BASIN BUT ALSO FOR THE LAKE HAVASU CITY
AREA AND WIKIEUP. POPS WERE RAISED AS FAR NORTH AS ESSEX AND LUDLOW.
&&

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
ISSUED AT 416 PM PDT SUN JUL 19 2015

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS STRUGGLED TO GET GOING FOR MOST
OF TODAY WITH THE LACK OF ANY LARGE SCALE TRIGGERING MECHANISM. WE
HAVE SEEN A FEW STORMS PULSE HERE AND THERE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN
DRIVEN BY HEATING, HOWEVER, THE WEAK STEERING FLOW HAS LEAD TO THEM
NOT MOVING MUCH. IN THE LAST HOUR, THOUGH, THINGS ARE STARTING TO
CHANGE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST CWFA AS STORMS HAVE FINALLY FIRED IN
LARGER QUANTITIES AND STARTED TO MOVE IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. THIS
IS PART OF A LARGER 'LINE' THAT EXTENDS AT THE PRESENT FROM SANTA
BARBARA COUNTY EAST-SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHERN LA PAZ COUNTY. THIS AREA
WAS SITTING IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE REMNANT SURFACE LOW OF
DOLORES WHICH WAS LOCATED OFF THE WESTERN COAST OF THE BAJA. A WEAK
WAVE HAS ALSO FORMED AND WAS EVIDENT ON WATER VAPOR MOVING NORTH
ALONG THE COASTAL WATERS OFF OF ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES. THIS
WAVE WAS HELPING TO ENHANCE CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOCAL.
AS THIS WAVE LIFTS NORTH TONIGHT, IT ALONG WITH WHATEVER CONVECTION
IT HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED, WILL LIFT NORTH TOWARD OUR AREA. IN
ADDITION, THIS WAVE WILL LIKELY WORK WITH THE TERRAIN AND ANY LOW-
LEVEL BOUNDARIES ACROSS OUR AREA TO TOUCH OFF MORE SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY, ESPECIALLY ACROSS SAN BERNARDINO AND SOUTHERN
MOHAVE COUNTIES EARLIEST. THROUGH THE NIGHT WE SHOULD SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHIFT NORTH AS THE WAVE HEADS NORTH, THOUGH
HOW EXTENSIVE IT IS REMAINS TO BE SEEN. HOWEVER, GIVEN THIS WAVE IS
SLATED TO MOVE ON THROUGH, THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WAS EXTENDED
OVERNIGHT AND INTO MONDAY FOR MUCH OF THE AREA EXCEPT SOUTHERN
MOHAVE COUNTY WHICH SHOULD SEE ACTIVITY END BY LATER THIS EVENING.

A MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESENTLY OFF THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST IS
EXPECTED TO DROP SOUTH TONIGHT AND PULL NORTHWARD THIS WAVE AS WELL
AS THE REMNANT LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION OF DOLORES INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA. ALL OF THIS COMBINED WITH LEFTOVER MOISTURE IN PLACE AND
THE LEADING EDGE OF A SUBTLE 50 KT+ JET STREAK AT 250 MB WILL
ENHANCE LIFT ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY ALLOWING FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE
40. BY THE MID TO LATE MORNING AND ESPECIALLY THE EARLY AFTERNOON,
DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR WILL START TO SPREAD IN FROM THE SOUTH AND
HELP TO DECREASE THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE
MENTION OF THIS WAS REMOVED FOR AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 FOR
TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND HENCE WHY IN SOME AREAS THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH
ENDS LATE MONDAY MORNING.

THE 12Z OPERATIONAL GFS BRINGS A MOIST-DRY INTERFACE NORTH IN THE
PWAT FORECAST WITH VALUES DROPPING BELOW 0.75 INCH SOUTH OF I-40 BY
THE AFTERNOON, BUT KEEPS VALUES ABOVE AN INCH AROUND LAS VEGAS. THIS
MOIST-DRY INTERFACE MAY ALSO HELP TO TOUCH OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FOR ONE LAST TIME AS IT HEADS ON NORTH ESPECIALLY
GIVEN IT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE LEADING EDGE OF THE JET STREAK.

FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY NOT ARRIVE
UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH THE BEST ODDS LATE TONIGHT INTO
LATE MONDAY MORNING AS THE WAVE PASSES NORTH. ONCE THE WAVE PASSES
BY, IF WE CLEAR OUT EARLY ENOUGH, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE
ABLE TO RE-DEVELOP AGAIN AS THE MOIST-DRY INTERFACE PRESSES NORTH.
THE STEERING FLOW WILL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WHICH WOULD PUSH IN
ACTIVITY OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

WE SHOULD SEE THINGS QUIET DOWN NEAR I-15 AND ON NORTHERN MOHAVE
COUNTY BY LATER TOMORROW EVENING AS DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR HEADS
NORTH AND ENDS CONVECTION. HENCE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH ENDS FOR
THESE AREAS THEN AS WELL AS LINCOLN COUNTY. FURTHER NORTHWEST, THE
WAVE, DOLORES REMNANT SURFACE LOW AND THE LARGER SCALE MID/UPPER
LEVEL LOW LOOK TO CONSOLIDATE OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA MONDAY NIGHT
INTO TUESDAY AND KEEP THE PROSPECTS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
GOING. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HOLDS HERE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING
FOR INYO, ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. WORTH NOTING IS EVEN
THOUGH THIS IS TROPICAL MOISTURE COOLER AIR ALOFT FROM THE LOW WILL
DROP 700 MB TEMPS TO 6C TO 10C, WHICH COULD BE ENOUGH TO BRING SOME
ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE HIGHER PEAKS ABOVE 12000 FEET IN THE
SOUTHERN SIERRA MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THIS IS BEING
NOTED AS WE ARE IN HIKING SEASON IN THE BACK COUNTRY.

POPS WERE TRIMMED BACK ELSEWHERE TUESDAY AND MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED
DOWN FURTHER ESPECIALLY IN LINCOLN AND NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTIES.
HIGH TEMPS WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL THOUGH REBOUND TUESDAY AS WE
START TO DRY OUT AND SEE MORE SUN.

LINGERING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WITHIN THE BASE OF A BROAD
MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MAY SET OFF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN
ON WEDNESDAY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN INYO AND ESMERALDA
COUNTIES. OTHERWISE DRY WEATHER WITH FURTHER WARMING.

.LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

A BROAD SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL HOLD THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND ALLOWING
FOR TYPICAL GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS EACH DAY IN THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING ALONG WITH DRY CONDITIONS. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW SHOWERS ON THURSDAY IF A MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CAN DIG FAR
ENOUGH SOUTH AS IT ENTERS NORTHWEST NEVADA BUT FOR NOW ONLY THE
OPERATIONAL GFS SHOWS THIS. TEMPS WILL GRADUALLY RISE BACK CLOSER TO
NORMAL AND MAY EVEN BE A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL BY NEXT WEEKEND. BY
FRIDAY INTO NEXT WEEKEND, THE FLOW ALOFT MAY GO SOUTHERLY ENOUGH
THAT MONSOON MOISTURE MAY TRY TO SNEAK BACK INTO MOHAVE COUNTY,
HOWEVER, FOR NOW WE JUST SHOWED AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS. THE TROUGH
OFFSHORE MAY SHARPEN ENOUGH BY NEXT SUNDAY TO PICK UP SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS MORE THAT AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
&&

.AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...IT IS TOUGH TO COMPLETELY RULE OUT A
SHRA/TSRA EARLY THIS EVENING IN AND AROUND THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY,
HOWEVER, STORMS HAVE STRUGGLED TO GAIN MOMENTUM TODAY IN THE
MOUNTAINS AROUND THE VALLEY AND THUS THIS LOWERS THE ODDS FOR
DEVELOPMENT EARLY THIS EVENING. THERE IS A BETTER POTENTIAL FOR
SHRA/TSRA BETWEEN 08Z AND 18Z MONDAY AS A DISTURBANCE MOVES NORTH
ACROSS THE AREA. THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY FROM THE
MID-MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE ACTIVITY RE-DEVELOPS AND
POTENTIALLY MOVES NORTH BACK TOWARD THE VALLEY WITH THE BEST ODDS
BETWEEN 21Z MONDAY AND 03Z TUESDAY. WINDS WILL MAINLY FAVOR DIURNAL
DIRECTIONAL TRENDS BUT COULD BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN AND NEAR ANY
SHRA/TSRA OR OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. MAINLY SCT-BKN CLOUDS AOA 10K FEET
WITH BASES LOWERING TO 5K-8K FEET IN AND NEAR ANY SHRA/TSRA. SIMILAR
SHRA/TSRA WILL ALSO APPLY TO THE APPROACH CORRIDORS THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON.

FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...SHRA/TSRA WILL CONTINUE TO BE AROUND THROUGH MONDAY
NIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. THE GREATEST CHANCES WILL MAINLY BE IN THE
MOUNTAINS. OVERNIGHT, ODDS LOOK BEST FROM A KDAG-KLAS-KIGM LINE ON
SOUTH AND THEN FROM 18Z MONDAY THROUGH 03Z TUESDAY FROM A KDAG-KLAS-
KIGM LINE NORTH WITH DECREASING ACTIVITY SOUTH OF THIS LINE. GUSTY
AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR ANY SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY
OTHERWISE WINDS WILL FAVOR TYPICAL DIURNAL DIRECTIONAL TRENDS.
MAINLY SCT-BKN CLOUDS AOA 8K-12K FEET WITH BASES LOWERING TO 4K-8K
FEET IN AND NEAR ANY SHRA/TSRA.
&&

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED
THROUGH TUESDAY. ANY REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING, THUNDERSTORM WINDS,
DUST, HAIL AND RELATED DAMAGE AS WELL AS RAINFALL TOTALS ARE
WELCOME. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED BEYOND WEDNESDAY THROUGH
NEXT WEEKEND.
&&

STACHELSKI

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
423 PM PDT SUN JUL 19 2015

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

0415 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 E JOSHUA TREE         34.14N 116.28W
07/19/2015                   SAN BERNARDINO     CA   PARK/FOREST SRVC

            ONE CAR WASHED OFF HIGHWAY 62 ONE MILE EAST
            OF WHITE FEATHER RD. NO INJURIES.

&&

JH

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
455 PM PDT SUN JUL 19 2015

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

0354 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 E JOSHUA TREE         34.14N 116.25W
07/19/2015                   SAN BERNARDINO     CA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            2-3 INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER THE
            INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 62 AND SUNFAIR WITH
            SMALL ROCKS IN THE ROADWAY.

&&

JH

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
458 PM PDT SUN JUL 19 2015

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

0423 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 E JOSHUA TREE         34.14N 116.23W
07/19/2015                   SAN BERNARDINO     CA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            CHP REPORTS BOULDERS ON ROADWAY ON SR62 FROM
            MILE SQUARE TO MT LASSEN.

0430 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 E JOSHUA TREE         34.14N 116.25W
07/19/2015                   SAN BERNARDINO     CA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SWIFTWATER RESCUE ON SUNFAIR ROAD JUST NORTH
            OF SR62. 4 OCCUPANTS...NO INJURIES.

&&

NWS LAS VEGAS NV
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