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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Las Vegas, NV

July 2, 2016Esmeralda County, Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2016, 6:02 PM PDT for Esmeralda County, Nevada. It was in force for 4 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 2, 2016, 6:02 PM PDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2016, 10:00 PM PDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Esmeralda County, NV

The radar

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 206 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 212 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Reno, NV at 00:00Z on 2016-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Reno, NV at 00:00Z on 2016-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

658 
WGUS55 KVEF 030102
FFWVEF
NVC009-030500-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0035.160703T0102Z-160703T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
602 PM PDT SAT JUL 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL ESMERALDA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM PDT

* AT 600 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN IN THE DYER AREA AND IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS ABOVE DYER.
  FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  DYER...FISH LAKE VALLEY CAMPGROUND AND JUNCTION CA 266 AND NV 264. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3773 11820 3775 11804 3758 11789 3755 11795

$$

JH
2 follow-up statements
806 
WGUS75 KVEF 030231
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
731 PM PDT SAT JUL 2 2016

NVC009-030500-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160703T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ESMERALDA NV-
731 PM PDT SAT JUL 2 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM PDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL ESMERALDA COUNTY...

AT 727 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WEAKENING IN
THE DYER AREA. THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES AS RUNOFF
COMING DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE WEST COULD STILL IMPACT THE
AREA.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DYER...FISH LAKE VALLEY CAMPGROUND AND JUNCTION CA 266 AND NV 264. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3773 11820 3775 11804 3758 11789 3755 11795

$$

JH
086 
WGUS75 KVEF 030454
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
954 PM PDT SAT JUL 2 2016

NVC009-030502-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160703T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ESMERALDA NV-
954 PM PDT SAT JUL 2 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL ESMERALDA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1000 PM PDT...

FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. ESMERALDA COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED SOME WATER OVER THE ROAD NEAR DYER BUT THE
ROAD REMAINED OPEN.

LAT...LON 3773 11820 3775 11804 3758 11789 3755 11795

$$

JH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 3:42 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEFLincoln3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.