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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2016, 2:47 AM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 118 min. 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, 2:47 AM MST (09:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2016, 4:45 AM MST
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mohave County, AZ
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:50 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 175 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.
821 WGUS55 KVEF 010947 FFWVEF AZC015-011145- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0048.160801T0947Z-160801T1145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 247 AM MST MON AUG 1 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA... * UNTIL 445 AM MST * AT 246 AM MST...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN THE GOLDEN VALLEY AREA. UP TO A HALF INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... GOLDEN VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...RURAL ROADS...AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. && LAT...LON 3533 11410 3501 11417 3507 11443 3536 11428 $$ MORGAN
1 follow-up statement
584 WGUS75 KVEF 011138 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 438 AM MST MON AUG 1 2016 AZC015-011147- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160801T1145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MOHAVE AZ- 438 AM MST MON AUG 1 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 445 AM MST... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED IN THE GOLDEN VALLEY AREA. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3533 11410 3501 11417 3507 11443 3536 11428 $$ 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, 2:13 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:33 AM MST | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Mohave | 26 hr |
| 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 |
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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.