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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2016, 1:33 AM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. 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
- Jul 2, 2016, 1:33 AM MST (08:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2016, 4:30 AM MST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mohave County, AZ
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 1:45 AM MST | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Nne Bullhead City, AZ | ROCKS AND DEBRIS ON STATE HIGHWAY 95 NEAR HOME DEPOT FROM FLASH FLOODING. REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. ONSET TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 180 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.
018
WGUS55 KVEF 020833
FFWVEF
AZC015-021130-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0034.160702T0833Z-160702T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
133 AM MST SAT JUL 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 430 AM MST
* AT 132 AM MST...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...
BULLHEAD CITY...KINGMAN...LAUGHLIN...YUCCA...NEEDLES...OATMAN...
ARIZONA VILLAGE...MESQUITE CREEK...CHLORIDE...
MOJAVE RANCH ESTATES...NEW KINGMAN-BUTLER...
PACKSADDLE CAMPGROUND...GOLDEN VALLEY...MOHAVE VALLEY...
WINDY POINT CAMPGROUND...WILLOW VALLEY AND HUALAPAI PEAK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3473 11451 3477 11456 3484 11459 3487 11464
3503 11464 3507 11460 3510 11465 3513 11458
3520 11457 3536 11460 3543 11465 3551 11385
3535 11383 3503 11391 3477 11405 3472 11449
$$
BP1 follow-up statement
343
WGUS75 KVEF 020929
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
229 AM MST SAT JUL 2 2016
AZC015-021130-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160702T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOHAVE AZ-
229 AM MST SAT JUL 2 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM MST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY...
AT 227 AM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE WITHIN THE LOWER SACRAMENTO WASH BETWEEN
TOPOCK AND YUCCA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNED AREA.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BULLHEAD CITY...KINGMAN...LAUGHLIN...YUCCA...NEEDLES...OATMAN...
ARIZONA VILLAGE...MESQUITE CREEK...CHLORIDE...MOJAVE RANCH ESTATES...
NEW KINGMAN-BUTLER...PACKSADDLE CAMPGROUND...GOLDEN VALLEY...
MOHAVE VALLEY...WINDY POINT CAMPGROUND...
WILLOW VALLEY AND HUALAPAI PEAK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3473 11451 3477 11456 3484 11459 3487 11464
3503 11464 3507 11460 3510 11465 3513 11458
3520 11457 3536 11460 3543 11465 3551 11385
3535 11383 3503 11391 3477 11405 3472 11449
$$
BPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:50 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 55 min |
| Jul 1, 9:38 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 37 min |
| Jul 1, 10:14 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 12:19 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 27 min |
| Jul 2, 12:33 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 5 hr |
| Jul 2, 12:57 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:26 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 1:52 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 53 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.