Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2016, 4:46 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 4 hr. 3 reports 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, 4:46 PM MST (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2016, 8:45 PM MST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mohave County, AZ
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 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, 6:50 PM MST | FLASH FLOOD | 4 W Golden Valley, AZ | ROAD IMPASSABLE DUE TO RAPIDLY RUNNING WATER IN ACROSS THE ROAD. |
| Jun 30, 7:11 PM MST | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Wnw Golden Valley, AZ | CAR REPORTED SWEPT INTO SACRAMENTO WASH. SWIFT WATER RESCUE ONGOING. |
| Jun 30, 7:30 PM MST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 E Golden Valley, AZ | MOHAVE COUNTY ROADS REPORTS SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES...INCLUDING PIERCE FERRY ROAD NEAR CHARLES STREET...ESTRELLA ROAD...EGAR ROAD...BOLSA ROAD FROM EGAR TO ADOBE...SHINARUMP FROM COLORADO TO EGAR...AND TEDDY ROOSEVELT FROM DIABASE TO SHINARUMP...FROM ONGOING FLA |
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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
590
WGUS55 KVEF 302346
FFWVEF
AZC015-010345-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0018.160630T2346Z-160701T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
446 PM MST THU JUN 30 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 845 PM MST
* AT 445 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
KINGMAN...YUCCA...TOPOCK...NEW KINGMAN-BUTLER...OATMAN...
PACKSADDLE CAMPGROUND...DOLAN SPRINGS...GOLDEN VALLEY...
CHLORIDE AND WINDY POINT CAMPGROUND AND TOPOCK WASH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3470 11447 3471 11447 3474 11451 3565 11446
3570 11392 3461 11398
$$
JH3 follow-up statements
109
WGUS75 KVEF 010103
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
603 PM MST THU JUN 30 2016
AZC015-010345-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160701T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOHAVE AZ-
603 PM MST THU JUN 30 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY...
AT 601 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THE SACRAMENTO WASH IS
FLOWING OUT OF ITS BANKS IN GOLDEN VALLEY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
KINGMAN...YUCCA...TOPOCK...NEW KINGMAN-BUTLER...OATMAN...PACKSADDLE
CAMPGROUND...DOLAN SPRINGS...GOLDEN VALLEY...CHLORIDE AND WINDY POINT
CAMPGROUND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3470 11447 3471 11447 3474 11451 3565 11446
3570 11392 3461 11398
$$
JH066
WGUS75 KVEF 010214
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
714 PM MST THU JUN 30 2016
AZC015-010345-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160701T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOHAVE AZ-
714 PM MST THU JUN 30 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY...
AT 707 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS
REPORTED THE INTERSECTION AT ESTRELLA AND SHIPP IN GOLDEN VALLEY WAS
FLOODED OUT AND IMPASSABLE. ABOUT TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN FELL
IN ONE OF THE RAIN GAGES IN THE AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
KINGMAN...YUCCA...TOPOCK...NEW KINGMAN-BUTLER...OATMAN...PACKSADDLE
CAMPGROUND...DOLAN SPRINGS...GOLDEN VALLEY...CHLORIDE AND WINDY POINT
CAMPGROUND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3470 11447 3471 11447 3474 11451 3565 11446
3570 11392 3461 11398
$$
JH235
WGUS75 KVEF 010341
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
841 PM MST THU JUN 30 2016
AZC015-010349-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160701T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOHAVE AZ-
841 PM MST THU JUN 30 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 845 PM MST...
SOME LIGHT RAIN WAS LINGERING OVER THE AREA BUT THE THREAT OF HEAVY
RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. FLOOD WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO
RECEDE OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED
ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3470 11447 3471 11447 3474 11451 3565 11446
3570 11392 3461 11398
$$
JHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2:47 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 88 min |
| Jun 30, 2:58 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 32 min |
| Jun 30, 3:02 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 28 min |
| Jun 30, 3:51 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:13 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 69 min |
| Jun 30, 4:29 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 61 min |
| Jun 30, 4:52 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 68 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.