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Flash Flood Warning 61, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2016, 1:07 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, 1:07 PM MST (20:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2016, 4:00 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 Las Vegas radar (KESX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.
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WGUS55 KVEF 032007
FFWVEF
AZC015-032300-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0061.160803T2007Z-160803T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
107 PM MST WED AUG 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 400 PM MST
* AT 105 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN...PARTICULARLY ACROSS DIAMOND CREEK ROAD. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DIAMOND CREEK CAMPGROUND AND DIAMOND CREEK ROAD.
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 3582 11333 3562 11333 3555 11335 3562 11359
3585 11357 3585 11332
$$
SC1 follow-up statement
239
WGUS75 KVEF 032253
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
353 PM MST WED AUG 3 2016
AZC015-032300-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0061.000000T0000Z-160803T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOHAVE AZ-
353 PM MST WED AUG 3 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
400 PM MST...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE AN
IMMEDIATE THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD
CLOSURES. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP AT ANY TIME
THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
LAT...LON 3582 11333 3562 11333 3555 11335 3562 11359
3585 11357 3585 11332
$$
JHThe 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, 12:29 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.