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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Las Vegas, NV

July 1, 2016Lincoln County, Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2016, 7:52 PM PDT for Lincoln 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: Jul 1, 2016, 7:52 PM PDT (02:52 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2016, 10:45 PM PDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Lincoln County, NV

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:53 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 103 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

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The text

As transmitted.

393 
WGUS55 KVEF 020252
FFWVEF
NVC017-020545-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0030.160702T0252Z-160702T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
752 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 1045 PM PDT

* AT 751 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY
  93 AND KANE SPRINGS WASH ROAD. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
  SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  HIGHWAY 93 AND KANE SPRINGS WASH ROAD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3684 11433 3686 11520 3724 11521 3725 11437

$$

JH

2 follow-up statements

573 
WGUS75 KVEF 020433
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
933 PM PDT FRI JUL 1 2016

NVC017-020545-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160702T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN NV-
933 PM PDT FRI JUL 1 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM PDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 930 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MAINLY LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING
CONTINUES.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CARP AND KANE SPRINGS WASH ROAD AND HIGHWAY 93.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3684 11433 3686 11520 3724 11521 3725 11437

$$

JH

248 
WGUS75 KVEF 020536
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1036 PM PDT FRI JUL 1 2016

NVC017-020545-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160702T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN NV-
1036 PM PDT FRI JUL 1 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1045 PM PDT...

HEAVY RAIN ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3684 11433 3686 11520 3724 11521 3725 11437

$$

JH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 6:20 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	VEF	Lincoln	6 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

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.