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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2016, 4:07 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. 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 27, 2016, 4:07 PM MST (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2016, 7:00 PM 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), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -284 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3707 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
475 WGUS55 KVEF 272307 FFWVEF AZC015-280200- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0037.160727T2307Z-160728T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 407 PM MST WED JUL 27 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA... * UNTIL 700 PM MST * AT 406 PM MST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... KINGMAN...NEW KINGMAN-BUTLER...CHLORIDE...GOLDEN VALLEY... WINDY POINT CAMPGROUND AND PACKSADDLE CAMPGROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3557 11398 3529 11365 3496 11427 3530 11441 $$ WOLCOTT
2 follow-up statements
744 WGUS75 KVEF 272355 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 455 PM MST WED JUL 27 2016 AZC015-280200- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-160728T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MOHAVE AZ- 455 PM MST WED JUL 27 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MST FOR WEST CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY... AT 452 PM MST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING NORTH OF KINGMAN. STORMS HAVE MOVED WEST INTO GOLDEN VALLEY AND CHLORIDE PRODUCING AREAS OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... KINGMAN...NEW KINGMAN-BUTLER...CHLORIDE...GOLDEN VALLEY...WINDY POINT CAMPGROUND AND PACKSADDLE CAMPGROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3557 11398 3529 11365 3496 11427 3530 11441 $$ WOLCOTT
217 WGUS75 KVEF 280151 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 651 PM MST WED JUL 27 2016 AZC015-280201- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-160728T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MOHAVE AZ- 651 PM MST WED JUL 27 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM MST... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED IN THE KINGMAN AND GOLDEN VALLEY AREAS. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3557 11398 3529 11365 3496 11427 3530 11441 $$ WOLCOTT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2:21 AM MST | Excessive Heat Warning | VEF | Mohave | 66 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:43 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:35 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 55 min |
| Jul 27, 3:51 PM MST | Dust Storm Warning | VEF | 69 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016
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.