Alert archive / Nevada / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2016, 11:49 PM PDT for Inyo County, California; Clark County, Nye County, Nevada. It was in force for 3 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
- Jun 30, 2016, 11:49 PM PDT (06:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2016, 2:45 AM PDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Inyo County, CA, Clark County, NV, Nye County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 390 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.
973 WGUS55 KVEF 010649 FFWVEF CAC027-NVC003-023-010945- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0023.160701T0649Z-160701T0945Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1149 PM PDT THU JUN 30 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN INYO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA... WEST CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA... SOUTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA... * UNTIL 245 AM PDT * AT 1149 PM PDT...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... PAHRUMP...SPRING MOUNTAINS...MCWILLIAMS CAMPGROUND...WILLOW CREEK CAMPGROUND...DOLOMITE CAMPGROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 3648 11618 3647 11570 3582 11560 3580 11609 $$ JH
2 follow-up statements
534 WGUS75 KVEF 010755 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1255 AM PDT FRI JUL 1 2016 CAC027-NVC003-023-010945- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160701T0945Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INYO CA-CLARK NV-NYE NV- 1255 AM PDT FRI JUL 1 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM PDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN INYO...WEST CENTRAL CLARK AND SOUTHEASTERN NYE COUNTIES... AT 1253 AM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. HIGHWAY 160 IS REPORTED TO BE CLOSED NEAR HIGHWAY 95 DUE TO FLOODING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... PAHRUMP...SPRING MOUNTAINS...MCWILLIAMS CAMPGROUND...WILLOW CREEK CAMPGROUND...DOLOMITE CAMPGROUND AND SANDY VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 3648 11618 3647 11570 3582 11560 3580 11609 $$ JH
029 WGUS75 KVEF 010936 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 236 AM PDT FRI JUL 1 2016 CAC027-NVC003-023-010945- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160701T0945Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INYO CA-CLARK NV-NYE NV- 236 AM PDT FRI JUL 1 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN INYO...WEST CENTRAL CLARK AND SOUTHEASTERN NYE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 245 AM PDT... HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ALONG HIGHWAY 160 FROM PAHRUMP TO HIGHWAY 95. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3648 11618 3647 11570 3582 11560 3580 11609 $$ MORGAN
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, 10:32 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo | 3 hr |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Jul 1, 3:34 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Nye | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:54 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Lincoln | 4 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.