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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2016, 8:41 PM PDT for Inyo County, California. It was in force for 4 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, 8:41 PM PDT (03:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2016, 12:45 AM PDT
- In force
- 4 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), 192 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 9:14 PM PDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 Ene Stovepipe Wells, CA | HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS FLOODING OVER ROADWAY AT MILE MARKER 97 ON HIGHWAY 190. FLOODING WITH MUD IN THE ROADWAY AT MILE MARKER 100. PLOW TRUCKS DISPATCHED TO ASSIST IN CLEARING DEBRIS. |
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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 157 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.
099 WGUS55 KVEF 020341 FFWVEF CAC027-020745- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0031.160702T0341Z-160702T0745Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 841 PM PDT FRI JUL 1 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL INYO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA... * UNTIL 1245 AM PDT * AT 840 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... STOVEPIPE WELLS...FURNACE CREEK... SCOTTYS CASTLE AND MESQUITE SPRINGS CAMPGROUND. 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 3708 11732 3658 11665 3634 11721 3691 11757 $$ JH
2 follow-up statements
422 WGUS75 KVEF 020503 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1003 PM PDT FRI JUL 1 2016 CAC027-020745- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-160702T0745Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INYO CA- 1003 PM PDT FRI JUL 1 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM PDT FOR CENTRAL INYO COUNTY... AT 1000 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAD MAINLY MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING AREA OVER DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK. HOWEVER...A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES DUE TO RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN EARLIER. THERE WAS A REPORT OF ROADWAY FLOODING ON ROUTE 190. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... STOVEPIPE WELLS...FURNACE CREEK...SCOTTYS CASTLE AND MESQUITE SPRINGS CAMPGROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. && LAT...LON 3708 11732 3658 11665 3634 11721 3691 11757 $$ JH
230 WGUS75 KVEF 020736 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1236 AM PDT SAT JUL 2 2016 CAC027-020745- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-160702T0745Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INYO CA- 1236 AM PDT SAT JUL 2 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL INYO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1245 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 3708 11732 3658 11665 3634 11721 3691 11757 $$ JH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 5:26 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 10:20 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Inyo | 25 min |
| Jul 1, 10:45 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Inyo | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 1:26 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 3:45 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 3:56 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | San Bernardino | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.