Alert archive / Nevada / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 111, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 26, 2016, 8:40 PM PDT for Clark County, Nevada. It was in force for 4 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 26, 2016, 8:40 PM PDT (03:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2016, 12:45 AM PDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Clark County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3514 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
683 WGUS55 KVEF 270340 FFWVEF NVC003-270545- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0111.160827T0340Z-160827T0545Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 840 PM PDT FRI AUG 26 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA... * UNTIL 1045 PM PDT * AT 839 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER GOODSPRINGS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... GOODSPRINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 3589 11529 3576 11537 3580 11558 3592 11545 $$ MORGAN
4 follow-up statements
147 WGUS75 KVEF 270437 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 937 PM PDT FRI AUG 26 2016 NVC003-270545- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0111.000000T0000Z-160827T0545Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CLARK NV- 937 PM PDT FRI AUG 26 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM PDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY... AT 936 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER HIGHWAY 161 JUST EAST OF GOODSPRINGS. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALSO FELL IN GOODSPRINGS EARLIER. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... GOODSPRINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 3589 11529 3576 11537 3580 11558 3592 11545 $$ MORGAN
126 WGUS55 KVEF 270538 FFWVEF NVC003-270745- /O.EXT.KVEF.FF.W.0111.000000T0000Z-160827T0745Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1038 PM PDT FRI AUG 26 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA... * UNTIL 1245 AM PDT * AT 1037 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MORE HEAVY RAIN MOVING OVER GOODSPRINGS AND HIGHWAY 161. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ALREADY OCCURRING. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... GOODSPRINGS. 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 3589 11529 3576 11537 3580 11558 3592 11545 $$ MORGAN
526 WGUS75 KVEF 270644 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1144 PM PDT FRI AUG 26 2016 NVC003-270745- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0111.000000T0000Z-160827T0745Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CLARK NV- 1144 PM PDT FRI AUG 26 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM PDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY... A MEMBER OF THE THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ABOUT ONE MILE WEST OF JEAN ON STATE ROUTE 161. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE FALLEN AROUND THE GOODSPRINGS AREA IN THE PAST FEW HOURS. HEAVY RAIN WAS BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF AND MOVE EAST BUT FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE BETWEEN GOODSPRINGS AND JEAN UNTIL AT LEAST 1245 AM. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... GOODSPRINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 3589 11529 3576 11537 3580 11558 3592 11545 $$ JA
897 WGUS75 KVEF 270740 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1240 AM PDT SAT AUG 27 2016 NVC003-270748- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0111.000000T0000Z-160827T0745Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CLARK NV- 1240 AM PDT SAT AUG 27 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1245 AM PDT... THE HEAVY RAIN ENDED AROUND THE GOODSPRINGS AREA SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND ANY FLOOD WATERS WILL GRADUALLY RECEDE. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. ON STATE ROUTE 161 BETWEEN GOODSPRINGS AND JEAN. LAT...LON 3589 11529 3576 11537 3580 11558 3592 11545 $$ JA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 6:38 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 7:37 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 113 min |
| Aug 26, 9:23 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 52 min |
| Aug 26, 9:26 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 10:02 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 22 min |
| Aug 26, 10:07 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 38 min |
| Aug 26, 10:35 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 10:50 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 40 min |
Nearby
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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.