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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 2016, 7:28 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 31, 2016, 7:28 PM PDT (02:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2016, 10:30 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 Cedar City radar (KICX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 572 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2999 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
870 WGUS55 KVEF 010228 FFWVEF NVC017-010530- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0044.160801T0228Z-160801T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 728 PM PDT SUN JUL 31 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA... * UNTIL 1030 PM PDT * AT 727 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED S LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LINCOLN COUNTY INCLUDING KANE SPRINGS ROAD. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BEAVER DAM STATE PARK...CARP...ELGIN AND KANE SPRINGS ROAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS. && LAT...LON 3772 11405 3697 11409 3686 11483 3725 11490 $$ ASG
2 follow-up statements
402 WGUS75 KVEF 010430 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 930 PM PDT SUN JUL 31 2016 NVC017-010530- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160801T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LINCOLN NV- 930 PM PDT SUN JUL 31 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM PDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 928 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LINCOLN COUNTY. MOST OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED SOUTH AND EAST, BUT ADDITIONAL RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A FLASH FLOOD THREAT. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BEAVER DAM STATE PARK...CARP...ELGIN AND KANE SPRINGS ROAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS. && LAT...LON 3772 11405 3697 11409 3686 11483 3725 11490 $$ ASG
866 WGUS75 KVEF 010529 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1029 PM PDT SUN JUL 31 2016 NVC017-010537- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160801T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LINCOLN NV- 1029 PM PDT SUN JUL 31 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 PM PDT... DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER SOUTHEAST LINCOLN COUNTY. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IS STILL EXPECTED THROUGH 1130PM AND RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY KEEP SOME PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADS. LAT...LON 3772 11405 3697 11409 3686 11483 3725 11490 $$ ASG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 5:19 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Lincoln | 41 min |
| Jul 31, 5:52 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 6:37 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:33 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Clark, Lincoln | 26 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:47 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 4:43 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Lincoln | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.