Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Las Vegas, NV

785 
WGUS75 KVEF 300134
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
634 PM PDT WED JUL 29 2015

CAC071-300300-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0072.000000T0000Z-150730T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SAN BERNARDINO CA-
634 PM PDT WED JUL 29 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM PDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...

AT 630 PM PDT...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS ENDED AND HEAVY RAIN IS NO 
LONGER A THREAT. HOWEVER...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN EARLIER 
TODAY WILL STILL BE MOVING THROUGH WASHES AND IMPACTING HIGHWAY 127.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT CLOUD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 127 
NEAR DUMONT DUNES AND DUMONT DUNES. 

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 3579 11614 3534 11597 3522 11614 3514 11628
      3579 11657

$$

JS

896 
WGUS75 KVEF 300255
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
755 PM PDT WED JUL 29 2015

CAC071-300301-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0072.000000T0000Z-150730T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SAN BERNARDINO CA-
755 PM PDT WED JUL 29 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM PDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO 
POSE A THREAT. TRAVELERS ALONG HIGHWAY 127 SHOULD USE CAUTION AND 
WATCH FOR ROAD HAZARDS SUCH AS PONDED WATER ON ROADWAYS AS WELL AS 
ROCKS AND DEBRIS.

LAT...LON 3579 11614 3534 11597 3522 11614 3514 11628
      3579 11657

$$

JS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
240 PM PDT WED JUL 29 2015

.SYNOPSIS...MOISTURE WILL SPREAD FURTHER NORTH THURSDAY ALLOWING FOR
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO RETURN PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT
BASIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER FROM FRIDAY INTO NEXT MONDAY THEN
BEGIN TO DECREASE IN MOST AREAS ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS DRIER
AIR MOVES BACK IN. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THE
WEEKEND WARMING TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS INITIATED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE MOJAVE
NATIONAL PRESERVE IN NORTHEAST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHORTLY AFTER
NOON. ALSO MONITORING STORMS IN THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT AROUND
BARSTOW. CONFIDENT THAT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL MAKE IT AS FAR
NORTH AS SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY THEN DISSIPATE IN THE EARLY EVENING
AS THEY ENCOUNTER LESS MOISTURE. LEFT POPS OUT LAS VEGAS VALLEY BUT
WILL BE MONITORING THE POTENTIAL OF ANY OUTFLOW WIND COMING FROM
THOSE STORMS TO OUR SOUTH.

A FEATURE OF INTEREST IS AN INVERTED TROUGH OVER THE LOWER COLORADO
RIVER VALLEY WHICH IS FORECAST TO PIVOT WEST ACROSS SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA TONIGHT. THIS SHOULD KEEP AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS GOING WELL PAST MIDNIGHT IN SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY. MODELS FORECAST THE REMAINING CONVECTION ACROSS SOUTHERN
CLARK COUNTY AND SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY TO DISSIPATE THIS EVENING.

THURSDAY. A LOBE OF VORTICITY ASSOCIATED WITH INVERTED TROUGH WILL
BE MOVING NORTHWEST OVER INYO COUNTY. DEEPER MOISTURE OVER THE
MOJAVE DESERT EXPECTED TO SHIFT FURTHER NORTH INTO THE SOUTHERN
GREAT BASIN. CONVECTION WILL BE TIED MAINLY TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN
BUT CAN NOT RULE OUT A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM MAKING IT INTO LAS
VEGAS TOMORROW EVENING.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE WEAK UPPER LOW NEAR SOUTHERN BAJA WILL
FINALLY OPEN UP AND MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT WHICH AGAIN COULD HELP FOCUS CONVECTION OVER THE
HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. MODELS STARTING TO SHOW A
DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR MASS MOVING IN BEHIND THIS FEATURE
SATURDAY. DID NOT DECREASE POPS WITH THIS PACKAGE BUT IF THAT TREND
CONTINUES WE COULD START LOWERING POPS IN THE WESTERN AREAS.

.LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

IT IS LOOKING LIKE A LOW GRADE MONSOON PATTERN FOR THIS PERIOD. HIGH
PRESSURE CENTERED NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION SUNDAY WILL KEEP A
SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE AREA AND ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY FOR
AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AREA WIDE. THE MODELS DO
NOT REALLY SHOW MUCH OF A SHIFT IN THE HIGH CENTER WITH TIME BUT
THEY ARE HINTING AT THE FLOW MAYBE BECOMING MORE SOUTHWESTERLY WITH
SOME DRYING ACROSS THE WESTERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH TIME.
SINCE THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE BOTH SHOWING THIS TREND I WENT AHEAD AND
LOWERED POPS A TOUCH IN THE WEST SUNDAY AND MONDAY AND LOWERED POPS
A BIT MORE FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. IF YOU BELIEVE THE MODELS
THERE MAY NOT BE ANY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CWA BY TUESDAY BUT AS WE
HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE...THE MODELS FREQUENTLY GET TOO AGGRESSIVE
FLUSHING MOISTURE OUT THIS TIME OF YEAR. SO I KEPT A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR MAINLY MOHAVE AND LINCOLN
COUNTIES AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF CLARK COUNTY. I KEPT TEMPERATURES
CLOSE TO OR JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE LONG TERM WHICH IS
CLOSE TO THE GFS MEX GUIDANCE. I AM NOT READY TO BUY THE SIGNIFICANT
WARMING INDICATED BY THE ECE GUIDANCE WHICH HAS TEMPERATURES 5 PLUS
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
&&

.AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...THUNDERSTORMS WILL STAY SOUTH OF LAS
VEGAS BUT MAY AFFECT THE DAGGETT APPROACH CORRIDORS. CONFIDENCE LOW
IN OUTFLOW WIND FROM THOSE STORMS AFFECTING LAS VEGAS TERMINALS BUT
IT DOES BEAR MONITORING. EASTERLY COMPONENT WILL TRANSITION
SOUTHERLY OVERNIGHT WITH SPEEDS LESS THAN 10 KTS. THERE IS A CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY OVER THE MOUNTAINS MOSTLY WEST AND SOUTH
OF LAS VEGAS. BEATTY, DAGGETT AND PEACH SPRINGS CORRIDORS WILL BE
IMPACTED BY THUNDERSTORMS. ANY OUTFLOW FROM STORMS WILL BE CLOSELY
MONITORED.

THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS MAINLY
OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN AREAS SOUTH OF A KNID-KIGM LINE WITH SCT-
BKN CLOUDS AVERAGING AOA 10-12K FEET TONIGHT. LOWER CIGS AND GUSTY
WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR STRONGER STORMS. MOSTLY CLEAR NORTH OF A KNID-
KIGM LINE. ON THURSDAY THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE
HIGHER TERRAIN SPREAD FURTHER NORTH INTO INYO COUNTY AND SOUTHERN
NEVADA.
&&

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT
ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING
PROCEDURES.
&&

SHORT TERM/AVIATION...PIERCE
LONG TERM...HARRISON

FOR MORE FORECAST INFORMATION...SEE US ON OUR WEBPAGE:

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS OR FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
342 PM PDT WED JUL 29 2015

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

0335 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 E LANDERS             34.27N 116.35W
07/29/2015                   SAN BERNARDINO     CA   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            WATER FLOWING AT DEPTH OF 1 FOOT OVER RECHE
            RD AT SUNNY VISTA.

&&

NWS LAS VEGAS NV
IRIS SYSTEM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
424 PM PDT WED JUL 29 2015

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

0422 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 NNW TWENTYNINE PALMS  34.19N 116.09W
07/29/2015                   SAN BERNARDINO     CA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROADWAY FLOODED. DEBRIS BEGINNING TO GATHER
            IN ROADWAY.

&&

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