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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 2015, 5:37 PM PDT for Esmeralda County, Nevada. It was in force for 3 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
- Jun 11, 2015, 5:37 PM PDT (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2015, 8:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Esmeralda County, NV
The radar
The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 211 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 6:20 PM PDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Nnw Dyer, NV | WATER AND MUD WERE OVER HIGHWAY 264 IN THREE PLACES BETWEEN MILE MARKERS THREE AND NINE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 3370 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
701
WGUS55 KVEF 120037
FFWVEF
NVC009-120330-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0009.150612T0037Z-150612T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
537 PM PDT THU JUN 11 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL ESMERALDA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA...
* UNTIL 830 PM PDT
* AT 536 PM PDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN DYER. THE STORM IS MOVING SLOWLY TO
THE SOUTH. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DYER AND FISH LAKE VALLEY CAMPGROUND.
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 3789 11835 3791 11833 3788 11787 3749 11786
3789 11843
$$
MORGAN3 follow-up statements
661
WGUS75 KVEF 120122
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
622 PM PDT THU JUN 11 2015
NVC009-120330-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150612T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ESMERALDA NV-
622 PM PDT THU JUN 11 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM PDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL ESMERALDA COUNTY...
AT 621 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN HAD MOSTLY MOVED INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST MONO COUNTY.
HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN FELL IN A SHORT TIME IN THE DYER AREA...SO
FLOODING MAY BE ONGOING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DYER AND FISH LAKE VALLEY CAMPGROUND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN WASHES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND ON
ROADS. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO
CROSS A FLOODED ROAD OR ENTER A FLOOD CHANNEL. TURN AROUND...DONT
DROWN! REPORT FLOODING TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA
FACEBOOK OR TWITTER.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3789 11835 3791 11833 3788 11787 3749 11786
3789 11843
$$
MORGAN434
WGUS75 KVEF 120216
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
716 PM PDT THU JUN 11 2015
NVC009-120330-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150612T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ESMERALDA NV-
716 PM PDT THU JUN 11 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM PDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL ESMERALDA COUNTY...
AT 714 PM PDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING IN THE DYER AREA...WITH WATER AND MUD FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY
264 IN AT LEAST THREE SPOTS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS THREE AND NINE.
HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED IN THE AREA...BUT THE WATER WILL TAKE TIME TO
RECEDE...SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DYER AND FISH LAKE VALLEY CAMPGROUND.
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 3789 11835 3791 11833 3788 11787 3749 11786
3789 11843
$$
MORGAN138
WGUS75 KVEF 120311
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
811 PM PDT THU JUN 11 2015
NVC009-120320-
/O.CAN.KVEF.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150612T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ESMERALDA NV-
811 PM PDT THU JUN 11 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL ESMERALDA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
RAIN HAD ENDED IN DYER AND FLOOD WATERS HAD RECEDED. THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3789 11835 3791 11833 3788 11787 3749 11786
3789 11843
$$
MORGANNearby
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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.