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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2016, 2:13 AM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 2 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
- Aug 1, 2016, 2:13 AM MST (09:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2016, 4:15 AM MST
- In force
- 2 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), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:13 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 190 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.
983 WGUS55 KVEF 010913 FFWVEF AZC015-011115- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0047.160801T0913Z-160801T1115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 213 AM MST MON AUG 1 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA... * UNTIL 415 AM MST * AT 212 AM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE KINGMAN AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... KINGMAN AND NEW KINGMAN-BUTLER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 3535 11385 3514 11386 3514 11409 3528 11411 $$ MORGAN
2 follow-up statements
626 WGUS75 KVEF 010942 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 242 AM MST MON AUG 1 2016 AZC015-011115- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0047.000000T0000Z-160801T1115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MOHAVE AZ- 242 AM MST MON AUG 1 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM MST FOR CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY... AT 241 AM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED JUST EAST OF KINGMAN AND STALLED. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... KINGMAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 3535 11385 3514 11386 3514 11397 3534 11390 $$ MORGAN
926 WGUS75 KVEF 011106 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 406 AM MST MON AUG 1 2016 AZC015-011115- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0047.000000T0000Z-160801T1115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MOHAVE AZ- 406 AM MST MON AUG 1 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 415 AM MST... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED IN THE KINGMAN AREA. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. EARLIER, THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN FELL IN HALF AN HOUR, SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3535 11385 3514 11386 3514 11397 3534 11390 $$ MORGAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 12:35 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 1:15 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 1:43 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 92 min |
| Aug 1, 2:33 AM MST | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Mohave | 26 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:47 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 118 min |
| Aug 1, 1:26 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 4:18 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
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.