Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Las Vegas, NV

Issued

Jun 30, 2016, 12:35 PM PDT (19:35 UTC)

Expired

Jun 30, 2016, 3:30 PM PDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Las Vegas, NV

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Clark County, NV

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 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.

502 
WGUS55 KVEF 301935
FFWVEF
NVC003-302230-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0010.160630T1935Z-160630T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1235 PM PDT THU JUN 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA...

* UNTIL 330 PM PDT

* AT 1232 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE NORTH FACING SLOPES OF THE SPRING MOUNTAINS.
  OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN SOME LOCATIONS...AND
  QUICKLY APPROACHING TWO INCHES IN SOME SPOTS. FLASH FLOODING IS
  EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY AS THIS WATER DRAINS DOWNWARD TOWARDS US-
  95.  IMPACTED ROADWAYS INCLUDE KYLE CANYON ROAD...LEE CANYON
  ROAD...AND COLD CREEK ROAD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.

&&

LAT...LON 3644 11589 3633 11566 3619 11553 3633 11529
      3652 11531 3668 11589

$$

OUTLER

507 
WGUS75 KVEF 302039
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
139 PM PDT THU JUN 30 2016

NVC003-302230-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160630T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLARK NV-
139 PM PDT THU JUN 30 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM PDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY...

AT 135 PM PDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE
NORTH FACING SLOPES OF THE SPRING MOUNTAINS. DESPITE THIS...BETWEEN
TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOME LOCATIONS AND THIS
WILL DRAIN DOWNWARD. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY IMPACTING PARTS OF
KYLE CANYON...LEE CANYON...AND COLD CREEK ROADS.  THIS WILL DRAIN
TOWARDS US-95 THIS AFTERNOON AND FLOODING WILL REMAIN PROBLEMATIC. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.

&&

LAT...LON 3644 11589 3633 11566 3619 11553 3633 11529
      3652 11531 3668 11589

$$


OUTLER

474 
WGUS75 KVEF 302223
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
323 PM PDT THU JUN 30 2016

NVC003-302232-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160630T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLARK NV-
323 PM PDT THU JUN 30 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 330 PM PDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING REMAINS POSSIBLE ALONG US-95 BUT
SHOULD BE CONFINED TO REGIONAL WASHES AND DRAINAGES. 

LAT...LON 3644 11589 3633 11566 3619 11553 3633 11529
      3652 11531 3668 11589

$$

OUTLER

Flash Flood Warnings in Nevada, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.