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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at May 7, 2016, 5:15 PM PDT for Clark County, Nevada. It was in force for 2 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
- May 7, 2016, 5:15 PM PDT (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2016, 7:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Clark County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 6:00 PM PDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 W Overton Beach, NV | THE PARK SERVICE REPORTED MUD AND DEBIS ON NORTHSHORE ROAD NEAR MILE MARKER 46. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT ST THOMAS ROAD IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. TIME IS ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
569 WGUS55 KVEF 080015 FFWVEF NVC003-080215- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0006.160508T0015Z-160508T0215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 515 PM PDT SAT MAY 7 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA... * UNTIL 715 PM PDT * AT 513 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING BETWEEN OVERTON AND LAKE MEAD AND BETWEEN VALLEY OF FIRE STATE PARK AND NORTH SHORE ROAD. STATE HIGHWAY 169 AND VALLEY OF FIRE HIGHWAY ARE IMPASSABLE AT THIS TIME. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... OVERTON...MOAPA VALLEY...ECHO BAY CAMPGROUND...OVERTON BEACH...VALLEY OF FIRE AND ECHO BAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3656 11433 3629 11438 3639 11464 3657 11457 $$ CMS
2 follow-up statements
915 WGUS75 KVEF 080058 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 558 PM PDT SAT MAY 7 2016 NVC003-080215- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160508T0215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CLARK NV- 558 PM PDT SAT MAY 7 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM PDT FOR NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY... AT 555 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING BETWEEN OVERTON AND VALLEY OF FIRE STATE PARK. STATE HIGHWAY 169 REMAINS IMPASSABLE SOUTH OF OVERTON. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...FLOODING FROM RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS EVENING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... OVERTON...MOAPA VALLEY...ECHO BAY CAMPGROUND...OVERTON BEACH...VALLEY OF FIRE AND ECHO BAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3656 11433 3629 11438 3639 11464 3657 11457 $$ CMS
121 WGUS75 KVEF 080223 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 723 PM PDT SAT MAY 7 2016 NVC003-080233- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160508T0215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CLARK NV- 723 PM PDT SAT MAY 7 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED NEAR VALLEY OF FIRE AND OVERTON...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3656 11433 3629 11438 3639 11464 3657 11457 $$ JA
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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.