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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Las Vegas, NV

June 30, 2016Lincoln County, Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2016, 2:55 PM PDT for Lincoln 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 30, 2016, 2:55 PM PDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2016, 6:00 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 Cedar City radar (KICX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 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 30, 3:16 PM PDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 W Caliente, NV	HIGHWAY 93 CLOSED DUE TO WATER AND DEBRIS FLOW. REPORTED BY LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. .

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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 487 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -306 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2632 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

869 
WGUS55 KVEF 302155
FFWVEF
NVC017-010100-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0015.160630T2155Z-160701T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA...

* UNTIL 600 PM PDT

* AT 253 PM PDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING ON HIGHWAY
  93 SEVERAL MILES WEST OF CALIENTE. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CALIENTE...
  KERSHAW-RYAN CAMPGROUND AND CABIN PINES CAMPGROUND AND HIGHWAY 93. 

LAT...LON 3774 11444 3743 11442 3744 11485 3775 11485

$$

JH

2 follow-up statements

676 
WGUS75 KVEF 302320
FFSVEF

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

NVC017-010100-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160701T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN NV-
420 PM PDT THU JUN 30 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM PDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 419 PM PDT...LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY
93 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 90 WAS CLOSED DUE TO WATER AND DEBRIS
FLOW. HEAVY RAINFALL HAD ENDED AND WATER WAS BEGINNING TO RECEDE.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CALIENTE...KERSHAW-RYAN CAMPGROUND AND CABIN PINES CAMPGROUND. 

LAT...LON 3774 11444 3743 11442 3744 11485 3775 11485

$$

JH

542 
WGUS75 KVEF 010056
FFSVEF

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

NVC017-010104-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160701T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN NV-
556 PM PDT THU JUN 30 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 600 PM PDT...

FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LINCOLN
COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE INDICATED HIGHWAY 93 WAS STILL CLOSED JUST
WEST OF CALIENTE AS CREWS WERE STILL WORKING TO CLEAR DEBRIS.

LAT...LON 3774 11444 3743 11442 3744 11485 3775 11485

$$

JH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 5:04 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	VEF	Esmeralda	3 hr
Jun 30, 12:35 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	VEF	Clark	3 hr
Jun 30, 12:52 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	Clark	38 min
Jun 30, 12:59 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	VEF	Clark	3 hr
Jun 30, 1:10 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	VEF	Clark	3 hr
Jun 30, 1:32 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	Clark	43 min
Jun 30, 2:04 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	VEF	Lincoln, Nye	3 hr
Jun 30, 2:26 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	VEF	Clark	3 hr
Jun 30, 2:30 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	Clark	60 min
Jun 30, 2:42 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	Clark	63 min
Jun 30, 2:47 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	Clark	88 min
Jun 30, 2:49 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	VEF	Lincoln	26 min
Jun 30, 3:11 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	VEF	Lincoln	3 hr
Jun 30, 3:51 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	VEF	Clark	3 hr
Jun 30, 4:13 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	Clark	69 min
Jun 30, 4:52 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	Clark	68 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.