Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2016, 5:46 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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, 5:46 PM MST (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2016, 8:45 PM MST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mohave County, AZ
The radar
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 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, 6:00 PM MST | FLASH FLOOD | 10 Sse Meadview, AZ | DIAMOND BAR ROAD HAD MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWING ACROSS DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. REPORTED BY MOHAVE PUBLIC WORKS. |
| Jun 30, 6:30 PM MST | FLASH FLOOD | 14 Nw Valentine, AZ | ANTARES ROAD CLOSED DUE TO RAPIDLY MOVING WATER AND DEBRIS ACROSS ROADWAY. REPORTED BY MOHAVE PUBLIC WORKS . |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1732 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
630
WGUS55 KVEF 010046
FFWVEF
AZC015-010345-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0019.160701T0046Z-160701T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
546 PM MST THU JUN 30 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 845 PM MST
* AT 546 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GRAND CANYON SKYWALK...TOROWEAP CAMPGROUND...BAR TEN RANCH...
DIAMOND CREEK CAMPGROUND...GRAND CANYON RANCH...MT. TRUMBULL...
TUWEEP AND PEACH SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3654 11266 3649 11263 3632 11273 3623 11296
3624 11302 3616 11319 3609 11323 3610 11331
3605 11335 3589 11331 3541 11334 3542 11401
3667 11401 3662 11262
$$
JH2 follow-up statements
699
WGUS75 KVEF 010201
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
701 PM MST THU JUN 30 2016
AZC015-010345-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160701T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOHAVE AZ-
701 PM MST THU JUN 30 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MST FOR
NORTHEASTERN MOHAVE COUNTY...
AT 700 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. FLASH FLOODING REMAINS A THREAT.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GRAND CANYON SKYWALK...TOROWEAP CAMPGROUND...BAR TEN RANCH...
DIAMOND CREEK CAMPGROUND...GRAND CANYON RANCH...MT. TRUMBULL...
TUWEEP AND PEACH SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3654 11266 3649 11263 3632 11273 3623 11296
3624 11302 3616 11319 3609 11323 3610 11331
3605 11335 3589 11331 3541 11334 3542 11401
3667 11401 3662 11262
$$
JH931
WGUS75 KVEF 010338
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
838 PM MST THU JUN 30 2016
AZC015-010347-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160701T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOHAVE AZ-
838 PM MST THU JUN 30 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MOHAVE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 845 PM MST...
SOME LIGHT RAIN WAS LINGERING OVER THE AREA BUT THE THREAT OF HEAVY
RAIN HAS ENDED AND FLOODING NO LONGER POSES A THREAT. PLEASE
CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3654 11266 3649 11263 3632 11273 3623 11296
3624 11302 3616 11319 3609 11323 3610 11331
3605 11335 3589 11331 3541 11334 3542 11401
3667 11401 3662 11262
$$
JHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 5:48 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 42 min |
| Jun 30, 5:54 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 6:20 PM MST | Dust Storm Warning | VEF | 100 min | |
| Jun 30, 6:26 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 34 min |
| Jun 30, 6:59 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 31 min |
| Jun 30, 8:55 PM MST | Areal Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 12 hr |
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.