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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2016, 10:32 PM PDT for Inyo County, California. 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, 10:32 PM PDT (05:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2016, 1:30 AM PDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Inyo County, CA
The radar
The Edwards AFB radar (KEYX), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11:30 PM PDT | FLASH FLOOD | 9 Nnw Furnace Creek, CA | CHP REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ON STATE ROUTE 190 IN DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK BETWEEN DAYLIGHT PASS CUTOFF TO COW CREEK. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR DATA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 351 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4202 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
783 WGUS55 KVEF 010532 FFWVEF CAC027-010830- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0021.160701T0532Z-160701T0830Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1032 PM PDT THU JUN 30 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL INYO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA... * UNTIL 130 AM PDT * AT 1030 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN NEAR FURNACE CREEK IN DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... FURNACE CREEK AND TEXAS SPRINGS CAMPGROUND AND ROUTE 190 AND ROUTE 178. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. && LAT...LON 3672 11687 3642 11658 3637 11704 3668 11712 $$ JH
3 follow-up statements
799 WGUS75 KVEF 010637 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1137 PM PDT THU JUN 30 2016 CAC027-010830- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160701T0830Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INYO CA- 1137 PM PDT THU JUN 30 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM PDT FOR CENTRAL INYO COUNTY... AT 1135 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE FLASH FLOODING THREAT CONTINUES. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... FURNACE CREEK AND TEXAS SPRINGS CAMPGROUND AND ROUTE 190 NEAR AND NORTH OF FURNACE CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. && LAT...LON 3672 11687 3642 11658 3637 11704 3668 11712 $$ JH
615 WGUS75 KVEF 010730 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1230 AM PDT FRI JUL 1 2016 CAC027-010830- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160701T0830Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INYO CA- 1230 AM PDT FRI JUL 1 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM PDT FOR CENTRAL INYO COUNTY... AT 1228 AM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...FLASH FLOODING MAY STILL BE A THREAT DUE TO RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN EARLIER STILL COMING DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAINS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... FURNACE CREEK AND TEXAS SPRINGS CAMPGROUND AND HIGHWAY 190. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. && LAT...LON 3672 11687 3642 11658 3637 11704 3668 11712 $$ JH
760 WGUS75 KVEF 010822 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 122 AM PDT FRI JUL 1 2016 CAC027-010830- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160701T0830Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INYO CA- 122 AM PDT FRI JUL 1 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL INYO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 130 AM PDT... RAINFALL ENDED QUITE SOME TIME AGO. FLOOD WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO RECEDE. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3672 11687 3642 11658 3637 11704 3668 11712 $$ JH
The 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 PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 42 min |
| Jun 30, 5:54 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 6:26 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 34 min |
| Jun 30, 6:59 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 31 min |
| Jun 30, 10:56 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Inyo | 64 min |
| Jun 30, 11:08 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 11:49 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:41 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:06 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:36 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:12 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 63 min |
| Jul 1, 3:25 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:05 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 55 min |
| Jul 1, 4:24 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:59 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 61 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.