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Flash Flood Warning 85, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2015, 3:53 PM PDT for Inyo County, California. It was in force for 5 hr. 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
- Aug 1, 2015, 3:53 PM PDT (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2015, 8:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Inyo County, CA
The radar
The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 6:00 PM PDT | FLASH FLOOD | 10 Ne Big Pine, CA | CHP REPORTED WATER OVER THE HIGHWAY IN THE NARROWS SECTION OF CA 168. FACEBOOK PHOTOS FROM THE PUBLIC CONFIRM WATER, MUD, AND ROCK OVER THE ROADWAY. |
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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 249 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
- 195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
239
WGUS55 KVEF 012253
FFWVEF
CAC027-020145-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0085.150801T2253Z-150802T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
353 PM PDT SAT AUG 1 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN INYO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...
* UNTIL 645 PM PDT
* AT 351 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN SOUTH OF WESTGARD PASS. THE RAIN IS MOVING NORTH AT 10
MPH. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...GRANDVIEW
CAMPGROUND....WAUCOBA ROAD...HIGHWAY 168 BETWEEN ZURICH AND
WESTGARD PASS.
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 3738 11808 3707 11792 3702 11818 3734 11833
$$
OUTLER3 follow-up statements
206 WGUS75 KVEF 020032 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 532 PM PDT SAT AUG 1 2015 CAC027-020145- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0085.000000T0000Z-150802T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INYO CA- 532 PM PDT SAT AUG 1 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM PDT FOR NORTHWESTERN INYO COUNTY... AT 529 PM PDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO REDEVELOP SOUTH OF WESTGARD PASS. HEAVY PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN OCCURRING OVER AN HOUR NOW AND RAPID FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. WAUCOBA ROAD IS LIKELY IMPASSABLE IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS DUE TO FLOODING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... WAUCOBA ROAD....HIGHWAY 168 BETWEEN ZURICH AND WESTGARD PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN WASHES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND ON ROADS. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROAD OR ENTER A FLOOD CHANNEL. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN! REPORT FLOODING TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA FACEBOOK OR TWITTER. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3738 11808 3707 11792 3702 11818 3734 11833 $$ OUTLER
097
WGUS55 KVEF 020130
FFWVEF
CAC027-020345-
/O.EXT.KVEF.FF.W.0085.000000T0000Z-150802T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
630 PM PDT SAT AUG 1 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN INYO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...
* UNTIL 845 PM PDT
* AT 625 PM PDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO IMPACT THE WAUCOBA ROAD
AREA EAST OF BIG PINE...AND WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED FLOWING OVER
THE ROADWAY ALONG PARTS OF HIGHWAY 168. WITH ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING IN THE AREA...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS
BEEN EXTENDED.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WAUCOBA ROAD...WESTGARD PASS.
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 3738 11808 3707 11792 3702 11818 3734 11833
$$
OUTLER014 WGUS75 KVEF 020342 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 842 PM PDT SAT AUG 1 2015 CAC027-020348- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0085.000000T0000Z-150802T0345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INYO CA- 842 PM PDT SAT AUG 1 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN INYO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM PDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING OR FLOOD DAMAGE TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. LAT...LON 3738 11808 3707 11792 3702 11818 3734 11833 $$ SC
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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.