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Flash Flood Warning 60, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2016, 12:29 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. 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
- Aug 3, 2016, 12:29 PM MST (19:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2016, 3:30 PM 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 Cedar City radar (KICX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 258 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 802 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
786 WGUS55 KVEF 031929 FFWVEF AZC015-032230- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0060.160803T1929Z-160803T2230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1229 PM MST WED AUG 3 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA... * UNTIL 330 PM MST * AT 1226 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BAR TEN RANCH...MT. TRUMBULL AND TUWEEP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. && LAT...LON 3620 11345 3644 11363 3677 11327 3629 11292 $$ SC
2 follow-up statements
399 WGUS75 KVEF 032053 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 153 PM MST WED AUG 3 2016 AZC015-032230- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0060.000000T0000Z-160803T2230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MOHAVE AZ- 153 PM MST WED AUG 3 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MST FOR NORTHEASTERN MOHAVE COUNTY... AT 146 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA INCLUDING THE MOUNT TRUMBULL LOOP. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... MT. TRUMBULL LOOP...BAR TEN RANCH...MT. TRUMBULL AND TUWEEP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. && LAT...LON 3620 11345 3644 11363 3677 11327 3629 11292 $$ SC
221 WGUS75 KVEF 032221 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 321 PM MST WED AUG 3 2016 AZC015-032230- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0060.000000T0000Z-160803T2230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MOHAVE AZ- 321 PM MST WED AUG 3 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MOHAVE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 330 PM MST... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. BE AWARE THAT MORE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LAT...LON 3620 11345 3644 11363 3677 11327 3629 11292 $$ JH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 5:40 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Mohave | 110 min |
| Aug 3, 2:54 AM MST | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Mohave | 50 hr |
| Aug 3, 11:44 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 1:07 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:37 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:47 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:12 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:56 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:34 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 26 min |
Nearby
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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.