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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2016, 6:20 PM PDT for Lincoln County, Nevada. It was in force for 6 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
- Jul 1, 2016, 6:20 PM PDT (01:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2016, 12:15 AM PDT
- In force
- 6 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), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 7:55 PM PDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Wsw Caliente, NV | LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THE CLOSURE OF STATE HIGHWAY 317 SOUTH OF CALIENTE OWING TO FLASH FLOODING. |
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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 998 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
751 WGUS55 KVEF 020120 FFWVEF NVC017-020415- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0029.160702T0120Z-160702T0415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 620 PM PDT FRI JUL 1 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA... * UNTIL 915 PM PDT * AT 619 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA FROM NEAR HIKO...CALIENTE AND PANACA. THIS AREA OF STORMS WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CALIENTE...HIKO...ALAMO...BEAVER DAM...KERSHAW-RYAN CAMPGROUND... CABIN PINES CAMPGROUND...PANACA...BEAVER DAM STATE PARK... PAHRANAGAT WILDLIFE REFUGE AND ELGIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3725 11405 3723 11522 3772 11526 3782 11405 $$ JH
4 follow-up statements
813 WGUS75 KVEF 020244 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 744 PM PDT FRI JUL 1 2016 NVC017-020415- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160702T0415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LINCOLN NV- 744 PM PDT FRI JUL 1 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM PDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 743 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA MAINLY FROM ALAMO TO ELGIN WITH LIGHTER RAIN TO THE NORTH. A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CALIENTE...HIKO...ALAMO...BEAVER DAM...KERSHAW-RYAN CAMPGROUND... CABIN PINES CAMPGROUND...PANACA...BEAVER DAM STATE PARK... PAHRANAGAT WILDLIFE REFUGE AND ELGIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3725 11405 3723 11522 3772 11526 3782 11405 $$ JH
223 WGUS75 KVEF 020300 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 800 PM PDT FRI JUL 1 2016 NVC017-020415- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160702T0415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LINCOLN NV- 800 PM PDT FRI JUL 1 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM PDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 757 PM PDT...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING REMAINS A THREAT MAINLY DUE TO RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN EARLIER. MOHAVE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A CLOSURE OF ROUTE 317 SOUTH OF CALIENTE DUE TO FLOODING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CALIENTE...HIKO...ALAMO...BEAVER DAM...KERSHAW-RYAN CAMPGROUND... CABIN PINES CAMPGROUND...PANACA...BEAVER DAM STATE PARK... PAHRANAGAT WILDLIFE REFUGE AND ELGIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3725 11405 3723 11522 3772 11526 3782 11405 $$ JH
204 WGUS55 KVEF 020410 FFWVEF NVC017-020715- /O.EXT.KVEF.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160702T0715Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 910 PM PDT FRI JUL 1 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA... * UNTIL 1215 AM PDT * AT 908 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN STILL FALLING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING AND STATE ROUTE 317 WAS CLOSED SOUTH OF CALIENTE. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CALIENTE...HIKO...ALAMO...BEAVER DAM...KERSHAW-RYAN CAMPGROUND... CABIN PINES CAMPGROUND...PANACA...BEAVER DAM STATE PARK... PAHRANAGAT WILDLIFE REFUGE AND ELGIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. && LAT...LON 3725 11405 3723 11522 3772 11526 3782 11405 $$ JH
794 WGUS75 KVEF 020707 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1207 AM PDT SAT JUL 2 2016 NVC017-020717- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160702T0715Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LINCOLN NV- 1207 AM PDT SAT JUL 2 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 AM PDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3725 11405 3723 11522 3772 11526 3782 11405 $$ JH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 7:52 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 8:27 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 63 min |
| Jul 1, 8:50 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 55 min |
| Jul 1, 9:18 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark, Nye | 57 min |
| Jul 1, 9:22 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 9:38 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 37 min |
| Jul 1, 10:14 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 10:20 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 40 min |
| Jul 1, 10:20 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Nye | 25 min |
| Jul 1, 10:45 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark, Nye | 30 min |
| Jul 1, 11:15 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 11:28 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 11:45 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark, Nye | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 12:13 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 12:57 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:26 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 3:45 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 3:56 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
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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.