Alert archive / Nevada / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 101, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 2016, 6:45 PM PDT for Lincoln County, Nevada. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 22, 2016, 6:45 PM PDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2016, 9:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lincoln County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 472 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3384 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
351
WGUS55 KVEF 230145
FFWVEF
NVC017-230445-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0101.160823T0145Z-160823T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
645 PM PDT MON AUG 22 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA...
* UNTIL 945 PM PDT
* AT 642 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 93 SOUTH OF ALAMO
AND KANE SPRINGS ROAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3733 11450 3684 11460 3684 11476 3685 11476
3686 11518 3734 11508
$$
CMS2 follow-up statements
780
WGUS75 KVEF 230341
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
841 PM PDT MON AUG 22 2016
NVC017-230445-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0101.000000T0000Z-160823T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN NV-
841 PM PDT MON AUG 22 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM PDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...
AT 839 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER STORMS IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS
OCCURRED SOUTH OF ALAMO.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN ALAMO AND THE CLARK COUNTY
LINE...AND KANE SPRINGS ROAD EAST OF HIGHWAY 93.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3733 11450 3684 11460 3684 11476 3685 11476
3686 11518 3734 11508
$$
CMS910
WGUS75 KVEF 230436
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
936 PM PDT MON AUG 22 2016
NVC017-230446-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0101.000000T0000Z-160823T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN NV-
936 PM PDT MON AUG 22 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 945 PM PDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3733 11450 3684 11460 3684 11476 3685 11476
3686 11518 3734 11508
$$
CMSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 6:03 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 6:20 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 6:57 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 4 hr |
| Aug 22, 7:09 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 36 min |
| Aug 22, 7:20 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 7:37 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 19 min |
| Aug 22, 7:45 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 45 min |
| Aug 22, 8:19 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 41 min |
| Aug 22, 8:22 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 8:31 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 8:54 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 51 min |
| Aug 22, 9:42 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 33 min |
| Aug 22, 10:13 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 11:16 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 119 min |
| Aug 23, 2:24 AM PDT | Areal Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 24 hr |
| Aug 23, 3:07 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Lincoln | 38 min |
| Aug 23, 4:40 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Lincoln | 35 min |
| Aug 23, 4:56 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Lincoln | 34 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.