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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2016, 12:50 AM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2016, 12:50 AM MST (07:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2016, 3:45 AM 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), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 1:00 AM MST | FLASH FLOOD | Kingman, AZ | FLOWING WATER COVERING PORTIONS OF BEALE STREET AND ANDY DEVINE AVENUE AS WELL AS THE NEARBY SIDEWALKS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
821 WGUS55 KVEF 020750 FFWVEF AZC015-021045- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0053.160802T0750Z-160802T1045Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1250 AM MST TUE AUG 2 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA... * UNTIL 345 AM MST * AT 1246 AM MST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN THE BUTLER AREA OF KINGMAN. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS A WIDE AREA OF WEST CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY INCLUDING GOLDEN VALLEY AND POINTS EAST TO THE COUNTY LINE. STORMS ARE DISPLAYING LITTLE MOVEMENT. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... KINGMAN...NEW KINGMAN-BUTLER...OATMAN...WILD COW CAMPGROUND... GOLDEN VALLEY...HUALAPAI MOUNTAIN PARK...BLAKE RANCH ROAD... DW RANCH ROAD AND HUALAPAI PEAK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 3535 11339 3489 11343 3495 11448 3536 11449 $$ JS
2 follow-up statements
516 WGUS75 KVEF 020919 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 219 AM MST TUE AUG 2 2016 AZC015-021045- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0053.000000T0000Z-160802T1045Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MOHAVE AZ- 219 AM MST TUE AUG 2 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM MST FOR WEST CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY... AT 216 AM MST...THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS ONGOING. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT DUE TO POSSIBLE ONGOING ISSUES CAUSED BY THE HEAVY RAIN RECEIVED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE... KINGMAN...NEW KINGMAN- BUTLER...OATMAN...WILD COW CAMPGROUND... GOLDEN VALLEY...HUALAPAI MOUNTAIN PARK...BLAKE RANCH ROAD... DW RANCH ROAD AND HUALAPAI PEAK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 3535 11339 3489 11343 3495 11448 3536 11449 $$ JS
586 WGUS75 KVEF 021037 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 337 AM MST TUE AUG 2 2016 AZC015-021047- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0053.000000T0000Z-160802T1045Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MOHAVE AZ- 337 AM MST TUE AUG 2 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 345 AM MST... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED IN THE GOLDEN VALLEY AND KINGMAN AREAS. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3535 11339 3489 11343 3495 11448 3536 11449 $$ MORGAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:34 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Mohave | 4 hr |
| Aug 1, 11:50 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:03 AM MST | Areal Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 24 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:41 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:04 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.